Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

filanders

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fi-lan-ders
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small thread-like worms (probably Capillaria), and of filaments of coagulated blood, stemming from the rupture of a vein.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

French filandres, from Latin filum (“thread”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: filum

Usage

Synonyms

backworm

Questions

What does filanders mean?: A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small thread-like worms (probably Capillaria), and of filaments of coagulated blood, stemming from the rupture of a vein.
Where does filanders come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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