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Date "FILANDERS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Filanders \Fil"an*ders\, plural noun. [French expression filandres, from the Latin expression filum thread.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: FILANDERS

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Noah Webster [Noun] A disease in hawks, consisting of filaments of coagulated blood; also, small worms wrapped in a thin skin or net, near the reins of a hawk. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

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