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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Gordius
 鐵線蟲屬

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Gor·di·us n.  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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

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