About The Word Gordius
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Gordius
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What's The Definition Of Gordius?
[n] legendary king of ancient Phrygia who was said to be responsible for the Gordian knot
Synonyms | Synonyms for Gordius: Related Terms | Find terms related to Gordius: 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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