Usually means: Parasitic worm infecting birds' respiratory.
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  1. gapeworm: Merriam-Webster
  2. gapeworm: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gapeworm: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gapeworm: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. gapeworm: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  10. Gapeworm: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Gapeworm: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. gapeworm: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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▸ noun:  A parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachea), that infects the tracheas of some birds and causes the disease gapes.

Similar:
gapes, Y worm, brainworm, gourdworm, gnatworm, bagworm, dropworm, wolf, backworm, jointworm, more...

Types:
Syngamus, Ascaridia, Capillaria, Heterakis, Strongyloides, more...

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Similar:
gapes, Y worm, brainworm, gourdworm, gnatworm, bagworm, dropworm, wolf, backworm, jointworm, more...

Types:
Syngamus, Ascaridia, Capillaria, Heterakis, Strongyloides, more...



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