Fil'an-der, n.

n. 1. (Zoöl.) An animal of the genus Macropus (M. Brunii), a kind of kangaroo found in Australia and the other East Indian islands. 2. (pl.) [Fr. filandres, from Lat. filum, thread.] A disease in hawks, consisting of filaments of coagulated blood; also, of small worms wrapped in a thin net-work near the reins.