About The Word Cyclops
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Cyclops
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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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