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Gordius

Gordius Meaning & Definition
Gordius Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gordius?

[n] legendary king of ancient Phrygia who was said to be responsible for the Gordian knot

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See Also | king | male monarch

Gordius In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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