Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A nematode worm (Syngamus trachea) that infects the trachea of certain birds and causes gapes.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A nematoid worm, Syngamus trachealis, the cause of gapes in fowls.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See Illustration in Appendix.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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

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Examples

  • [3] Gapeworms "lodge in the hen's throat" ... nuts! The larvae of the gapeworm live and mature in the lungs, trachea and bronchi, causing a severe pneumonia in young birds.

    Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles 2008

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  • "The worms are also known as red worms or forked worms due to their red color and the permanent procreative conjunction of males and females." (Wikipedia)

    June 25, 2012

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    June 26, 2012

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    June 26, 2012