malanders

or mal·lan·ders, mal·len·ders

[ mal-uhn-derz ]

noun(used with a singular verb)Veterinary Pathology.
  1. a dry, scabby or scurfy eruption or scratch behind the knee in a horse's foreleg.

Origin of malanders

1
1400–50; late Middle English malaunder<Middle French malander<Latin malandria blister on a horse's neck; see -s3

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British Dictionary definitions for malanders

malanders

mallanders or mallenders

/ (ˈmæləndəz) /


pl n
  1. (functioning as singular) a disease of horses characterized by an eczematous inflammation behind the knee

Origin of malanders

1
C15: via Old French from Latin malandria sore on the neck of a horse

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