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 thetracheas of somebirds and causes the diseasegapes
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[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.
deinonychus commented on the word gapeworm
"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
bilby commented on the word gapeworm
I wonder if there are any porn sites called Gapeworm.
June 26, 2012
deinonychus commented on the word gapeworm
Sounds like it, but I think porn sites usually aren't very creative. When I first heard about nudibranchs I thought the same thing...
June 26, 2012