different between nematode vs gapes

English

Etymology

From New Latin n?mat?d?s, from Ancient Greek ????????? (n?mat?d?s, “fibrous, in filaments”), from ???? (nêma, “thread, yarn”) +? -???? (-?d?s, “-like”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?m.?.t??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?m.??to?d/
• Hyphenation: nem?a?tode

Noun

nematode (plural nematodes)

1. (zoology) A worm of the large phylum Nematoda, such as a roundworm or threadworm.

Synonyms

• roundworm

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• metanode

Italian

Etymology

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Noun

nematode m (plural nematodi)

1. nematode

Anagrams

• demoneta
• emendato
• metadone

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?ps/

Verb

gapes

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

Noun

gapes

1. plural of gape
2. (uncountable) A fit of yawning.

   The gapes is contagious: when one person gets the gapes, pretty soon you've got a roomful of gapers.

3. (uncountable) 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.

Anagrams

• Gaspé, pages

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

gapes

1. passive form of gape