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Webster 1913 Edition

Gapeworm

Gape′wormˊ

(? or ?)

,

Noun.

(Zool.)

The parasitic worm that causes

the gapes

in birds. See Illustration in Appendix.

Definition 2024

gapeworm

gapeworm

English

Noun

gapeworm ‎(plural gapeworms)

A parasitic nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that infects the tracheas of some birds and causes the disease gapes.