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Definition of Gordius
1. Noun. Legendary king of ancient Phrygia who was said to be responsible for the Gordian knot.
Definition of Gordius
1. n. 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.
Medical Definition of Gordius
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gordius
Literary usage of Gordius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1856)
"ABOUT the middle of June (1853) a neighbor stepped upon and crushed a cricket,
from which was immediately seen to crawl a gordius, between ten and twelve ..."
2. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"Feet red ; props of body color, being lighter on the under side. formed by these
larvae gave gordius ¡. On June loth, 1889, one of the pupae We can find no ..."
3. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1904)
"Like most vulgar fallacies, this belief has some apparent foundation to rest upon.
The elastic, hard, thread-like body of the Hair-eel (gordius ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"gordius, a peasant, was raised to the throne of Phrygia. An insurrection having
broken out, the inhabitants consulted the oracle concerning a new king. ..."
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