Word: gapes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: gapes
Definition: A disease of young poultry and other birds, caused by a parasitic nematode worm in the windpipe, and having uneasy gaping as a symptom.
Morphemes:
Affix: gape
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.