gordius

gordius has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• 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.
• n.. legendary king of ancient Phrygia who was said to be responsible for the Gordian knot