Sclerotoma, a genus of nematode worms (see THREAD-WORMS), one of which, S. duodenale, is a parasite of the human intestine, and another, S. syngamus or Syngamus trachealis, is the cause of Gapes (q.v.) in fowls.
Sclerotoma
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 234
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