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Webster 1913 Edition


Gordiacea


Gorˊdi-a′ce-a

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Gordian
, 1.]
(Zool.)
A division of nematoid worms, including the hairworms or hair eels (
Gordius
and
Mermis
). See
Gordius
, and Illustration in Appendix.