Gordian Worm Small 127×320 Medium 253×640 Large 405×1024 Download Tiff Original 949×2400 | (354.9 KB) Description "The Young Variable Gordius, after escaping from the egg. c, complete protrusion of both circles 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)