"Gordian worm" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Because it sometimes ties itself into a knot; see Gordian knot.",
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        "plural"
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      "expansion": "Gordian worm (plural Gordian worms)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Worms",
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      "glosses": [
        "A horsehair worm (Nematomorpha) that fatally parasitizes insects and crustacea in its larval stage."
      ],
      "id": "en-Gordian_worm-en-noun-WTPg-DgJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "horsehair worm",
          "horsehair worm"
        ],
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          "Nematomorpha",
          "Nematomorpha#Translingual"
        ]
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a parasitic worm infesting crustaceons etc",
          "word": "engaio"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a parasitic worm infesting crustaceons etc",
          "word": "ngaio"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gordian worm"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Because it sometimes ties itself into a knot; see Gordian knot.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Gordian worms",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "A horsehair worm (Nematomorpha) that fatally parasitizes insects and crustacea in its larval stage."
      ],
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        [
          "horsehair worm",
          "horsehair worm"
        ],
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          "Nematomorpha",
          "Nematomorpha#Translingual"
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a parasitic worm infesting crustaceons etc",
      "word": "engaio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a parasitic worm infesting crustaceons etc",
      "word": "ngaio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gordian worm"
}