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Cyclops

Cyclops Meaning & Definition
Cyclops Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cyclops?

[n] minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms
[n] (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cyclops: water flea

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cyclops:

See Also | copepod | copepod crustacean | genus Cyclops | giant

Cyclops In Webster's Dictionary

\Cy"clops\ (s?"kl?ps), n. sing. & pl. [L. Cyclops, Gr. Ky`klwps (strictly round-eyed), pl. Ky`klwpes; ky`klos circle + 'w`ps eye.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of Vulcan, under Mt. Etna. Note: Pope, in his translation of the ``Odyssey,'' uniformly spells this word Cyclop, when used in the singular. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of minute Entomostraca, found both in fresh and salt water. See {Copepoda}. 3. A portable forge, used by tinkers, etc.

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