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- The gapes - - A fit of yawning.
- The gapes - - 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.
- Gapeworm - n. - The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See Illustration in Appendix.