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Gordius
(gcide) | Gordius \Gor"di*us\, n. [NL. See Gordian, 1.] (Zool.)
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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gordius
(wn) | Gordius
n 1: legendary king of ancient Phrygia who was said to be
responsible for the Gordian knot |
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Gordius
(gcide) | Gordius \Gor"di*us\, n. [NL. See Gordian, 1.] (Zool.)
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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Gordius aquaticus
(gcide) | Amphisbaena \Am`phis*b[ae]"na\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? on both
ends + ? to go.]
1. A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either
way. --Milton.
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2. (Zool.) A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form,
without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they
appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either
way. See Illustration in Appendix.
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Note: The Gordius aquaticus, or hairworm, has been called
an amphisbaena; but it belongs among the worms.
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Polygordius
(gcide) | Polygordius \Pol`y*gor"di*us\, n. [NL. See Poly-, and
Gordius.] (Zool.)
A genus of marine annelids, believed to be an ancient or
ancestral type. It is remarkable for its simplicity of
structure and want of parapodia. It is the type of the order
Archiannelida, or Gymnotoma. See Loeven's larva.
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