noun.
A disease of herbivores, especially sheep, caused by the presence of larvae of the tapeworm Taenia multiceps in the brain and resulting in a staggering gait.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Staggers in sheep, a disease caused by a cystic worm in the brain, formerly called Cœnurus cerebralis, now known to be the larva of the dog's tapeworm, Tœnia cœnurus. Also called giddiness and sturdy.
noun.
The jack-snipe.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A disease of sheep, characterized by vertigo; the staggers. It is caused by the presence of the C�nurus, a larval tapeworm, in the brain. See c�nurus.
"It is now pretty conclusively established that they are no more Japanese than they are of any other country in particular, but that the originators of the breed were common fancy mice which were suffering from a disease of the brain analogous to the 'gid' in sheep."