Cy·clops (s  kl ps)n. pl. Cy·clo·pes (s -kl p z) Greek Mythology 1. Any of the three one-eyed Titans who forged thunderbolts for Zeus. 2. Any of a race of one-eyed giants, reputedly descended from these Titans, inhabiting the island of Sicily. [Latin, from Greek Kukl ps : kuklos, circle; see cycle + ps, eye; see myopia.] |
cyclops [ˈsaɪklɒps]
n pl cyclops, cyclopes [saɪˈkləʊpiːz]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any copepod of the genus Cyclops, characterized by having one eye
Cyclops [ˈsaɪklɒps]
n pl Cyclopes [saɪˈkləʊpiːz], Cyclopses
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Classical myth one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of the forehead, encountered by Odysseus in the Odyssey See also Polyphemus
[from Latin Cyclōps, from Greek Kuklōps, literally: round eye, from kuklos circle + ōps eye]
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| Noun | 1. |  Cyclops - (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their foreheadGreek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks giant - an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales |
| 2. |  cyclops - 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 wormscopepod, copepod crustacean - minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish genus Cyclops - copepod water fleas |
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