Backworm

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Backworm \Back"worm`\, n. [2d back, n. + worm.]
     A disease of hawks. See {Filanders}. --Wright.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Filanders \Fil"an*ders\, n. pl. [F. filandres, fr. L. filum
     thread.] (Falconry)
     A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small
     threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from
     the rupture of a vein; -- called also {backworm}. --Sir T.
     Browne.
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