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v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gape.

n. A fit of yawning.

n. A disease of young poultry and other birds, caused by a parasitic nematode worm in the windpipe.

n. See as the gapes, under gape, n..

"The worst disease, however, from which the pheasant suffers is "gapes," caused by an accumulation of small red worms in the windpipe that all but suffocate the victim."

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