Thesaurus: gordius

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1. n. A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water, in which they deposit their eggs; -- called also hair eel, hairworm, and hair snake, from the absurd, but common and widely diffused, notion that they are metamorphosed horsehairs.
2. A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water, in which they deposit their eggs; -- called also hair eel, hairworm, and hair snake, from the absurd, but common and widely diffused, notion that they are metamorphosed horsehairs.
3. A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insectsuntil near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water,in which they deposit their eggs; -- called also hair eel, hairworm,and hair snake, from the absurd, but common and widely diffused,notion that they are metamorphosed horsehairs.
4. n legendary king of ancient Phrygia who was said to be responsible for the Gordian knot