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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Gordius \Gor"di*us\, n. [NL. See Gordian, 1.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Gordius \Gor"di*us\, n. [NL. See Gordian, 1.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
Gordius
n : legendary king of ancient Phrygia who was said to be
responsible for the Gordian knot
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Gordius
Translingual n.
(taxon genus family Gordiidae long, slender, nematoid worms,
parasitic in insects)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
Gordius
n.
(alternative form of en Gordias)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Gordius
Translingual n.
(taxon genus family Gordiidae long, slender, nematoid worms,
parasitic in insects)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Gordius
Translingual n.
(taxon genus family Gordiidae long, slender, nematoid worms,
parasitic in insects)
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
Gordius
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