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Raregapes
The correct spelling is gapes.
How to pronounce gapes
noun
IPA: /ɡeɪps/
Say it like: Gap-es
The correct spelling is gapes. An act of gaping; a yawn.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.An act of gaping; a yawn.
- 2.A large opening.
- 3.A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.
- 4.The width of an opening.
- 5.The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open.
verb
- 1.To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
- 2.To stare in wonder.
- 3.To open wide; to display a gap.
- 4.Of a cat: to open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.
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