Noun
Synonym of filanders (“a disease of hawks”).
Usage- Obsolete
- Uncountable
The thread-like worm found in filanders.
Usage- Countable
- Obsolete
- Examples
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The Indian falcon is sick of the backworm
The backworm is rarely quite killed[…].
More examples (1)
[... T]his, if any, may probably destroy that obstinate Disease of the Filander or Backworm.