Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter

gapeworm


gape·worm

noun \ˈgāp-ˌwərm sometimes ˈgap-\

Definition of GAPEWORM

: a nematode worm (Syngamus trachea) that causes gapes in birds

First Known Use of GAPEWORM

1873

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: gap–framepress
Previous Word in the Dictionary: gapeseed
All Words Near: gapeworm

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up gapeworm? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).