Gordius
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.| gordius | |
noun | |
| legendary king of ancient Phrygia who was said to be responsible for the Gordian knot |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |