See Also: Gapeworm(medicine)

segolate (iou) and Gapeworm (medicine)


segolate (iou)



segolate adjective & noun. Also segholate. M19.

Hebrew Grammar.
A. adjective. Orig., (of a disyllabic noun) having the vowel s?gol in both syllables. Now freq. (gen.), designating the class of disyllabic nouns having an unaccented short vowel (usu. s?gol) in the last syllable. M19.
b. noun. A segolate noun. M19.
Earlier
segolated adjective: only in E19.

Gapeworm (medicine)


gapeworm
<zoology> The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds.

Source: Websters Dictionary