Associations to the word «Gapeworm»

Noun

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Wiktionary

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats