No, "The file list is expanded on the remote machine" does not imply "MDEL is an FTP command". The list is expanded remotely by issuing an NLST command (as shown below). MDEL is not an FTP command. 

ftp> prompt
Interactive mode off.

ftp> debug                    <-- Don't need a packet sniffer
Debugging on (debug=1).

ftp> quote MDEL yoink*        <-- remote MDEL
---> MDEL yoink*
500 MDEL yoink*: command not understood.

ftp> mdel yoink*              <-- local MDEL
---> EPSV
---> NLST yoink*              <-- remote expantion
---> DELE yoink               <-- individual deletes
250 DELE command successful.
---> DELE yoinks
250 DELE command successful.

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