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gordian worm

gor·di·an worm (plural gor·di·an worms)


noun 
Definition:
 
parasite of arthropods: a long slender worm found in water whose larva lives as a parasite on arthropods. Phylum Nematomorpha.

[After Gordian knot, because of the tangles the worm sometimes makes]
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