hairworm

(har’wérm), n. A nematoid thread by worm of the genus Gordius or family Gordiide three ina broad sense: so called from its finene . English Also called hair-eel. See cut under Gordius. They rel-hakes. There were hair-worms fabled to spring from horse-hair, in black lines writhing on the surface. lucius) S. Judd, Margaret, i. 4.