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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A nematoid threadworm of the genus Gordius or family Gordiidæ in a broad sense: so called from its fineness. Also called
hair-eel . See cut underGordius .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Zoöl.) A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius, resembling a hair. See
gordius .
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