The gapes. (a)

A fit of yawning

. (b)

A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm.

 

© Webster 1913.

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