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Definition of Cyclopes
1. Noun. Only the silky anteater.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Myrmecophagidae, Myrmecophagidae
Member holonyms: Cyclopes Didactylus, Silky Anteater, Two-toed Anteater
Definition of Cyclopes
1. Noun. (plural of Cyclops) ¹
2. Noun. (plural of cyclops) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cyclopes
1. cyclops [n] - See also: cyclops
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyclopes
Literary usage of Cyclopes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Age of Fable; Or, Stories of Gods and Heroes by Thomas Bulfinch (1856)
"... Cyclopes — CIRCE — SIRENS — SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS — CALYPSO. RETURN OF ULYSSES.
THE romantic poem of the Odyssey is now to engage our attention. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"Similar walls are to be found in various parts of Greece, Italy, and Sicily, at
Persepolis and elsewhere in Asia, and at Cuzco, Peru. Cyclopes ..."
3. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1880)
"According to the ancient cosmogonies^ the Cyclopes were the sons of Uranus and
Oe ; they belonged to the Titans, and were three in number, whose names were ..."
4. Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age by William Ewart Gladstone (1858)
"Among them all, the Cyclopes, children of Neptune, offer, as a work of art, by
far the most successful and satisfactory result. ..."
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