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Gordius
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Gor´di`us
n.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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Noun1.Gordius - legendary king of ancient Phrygia who was said to be responsible for the Gordian knot
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2 The "Gordian knot" was, according to Phrygian tradition, an impossibly complex know tied by Gordias, who was made king of the city of Telmissus when he fulfilled a prophecy by wandering into town with an ox-cart.
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