Definition of Filander

1. n. A species of kangaroo (Macropus Brunii), inhabiting New Guinea.

Definition of Filander

1. Noun. (archaic) A pademelon. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Filander

1. a worm which causes disease in hawks [n -S]

Medical Definition of Filander

1. A species of kangaroo (Macropus Brunii), inhabiting new Guinea. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Filander

filamentation
filamentations
filamented
filamentiferous
filamentless
filamentlike
filamentoid
filamentose
filamentous
filamentous bacteriophage
filamentous colony
filaments
filamentum
filamin
filander (current term)
filanders
filapodial
filar
filar eyepiece
filar micrometer
filar micrometre
filar micrometre ocular
filar substance
filaree
filarees
filaria
filariae
filarial

Literary usage of Filander

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Supplement to the Imperial Dictionary, English, Technological, and by John Ogilvie (1855)
"... filander FILTERING Prince Albert, and the Duke of Wellington. Field-marshals have no pay as such, but they retain their pay as full generals, ..."

2. A Natural History of the Mammalia by George Robert Waterhouse (1846)
"Several specimens of the filander were seen, in a state of captivity, ... 7 6 The filander, like the Tree-Kangaroos, has the fur radiating from a point ..."

3. Dictionary of Hard Words by Robert Morris Pierce (1910)
"(thread-like body; fiber) 'fila-mant. filander я. wallaby, ... compare philander. filander n. membrane scraped from gut in making catgut falso spelt ..."

4. The Sportsman's Dictionary: Or The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ... (1800)
"There is another fort of filander, which lies in the gut or pannel, being long, Imall, white and red ..."

5. A Dictionary of Sports, Or, Companion to the Field, the Forest, and the by Harry Harewood (1835)
"BACK-WORM, or filander. A disease incident to hawks. ... There is another sort of filander, which lies in the gut or pannel, being long, small, white, ..."

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