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Gordius
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 aquaticus
Amphisbaena Am`phis*b[ae]"na, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? on both ends + ? to go.] 1. A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way. --Milton. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix. Note: The Gordius aquaticus, or hairworm, has been called an amphisb[ae]na; but it belongs among the worms.

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- consonants: VLat. deosum > *di̯ósu > *djosu > Rom. jos 'down' Lat. hordeum > *órdi̯u > ordzu > Rom. orz 'barley', Lat. cāseus > *kasi̯u > Rom. caș 'fresh, unripened...