Word Meanings - GAPEWORM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See Illustration in Appendix.

GAPESEED
Any strange sight. Wright.
PARASITIC; PARASITICAL
Of or pertaining to parasites; living on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal or plant. See Parasite, 2 & 3. Parasitic gull, Parasitic jager. See Jager. -- Par`a*sit"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Par`a*sit"ic*al*ness, n. (more info) 1.
GAPES; THE GAPES
A fit of yawning. 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.
APPENDIX
1. Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant. Normandy became an appendix to England. Sir M. Hale. 2. Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished
PARASITICIDE
Anything used to destroy parasites. Quain.
ILLUSTRATION
1. The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct. 2. That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible,
APPENDIX VERMIFORMIS
The vermiform appendix.
BIRDSEED
Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds.
GAPESING
Act of gazing about; sightseeing.