Gordian Worm Small 139×320 Medium 278×640 Large 445×1024 Download Tiff Original 1043×2400 | (477.2 KB) Description "The Young Variable Gordius, after escaping from the egg. b, the first circle of hooklets bordering the collar reflected, and protrusion of the second circle of hooklets and the style." -Whitney, 1911 Keywords egg, Gordian worm, gordius, hair eel, hair worm, hooklet, horsehair worm, Nematomorpha Galleries Worms Source: William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)