gapes

Etymology

verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gape

noun

  1. plural of gape

noun

  1. A fit of yawning.
    The gapes is contagious: when one person gets the gapes, pretty soon you've got a roomful of gapers.
  2. A disease of young poultry and other birds, caused by a parasitic nematode worm in the windpipe, and having uneasy gaping as a symptom.
    The gapes has gotten to many of the birds.

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