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Definition of Cyclops
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead.
2. Noun. 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.
Exact synonyms: Water Flea
Generic synonyms: Copepod, Copepod Crustacean
Group relationships: Genus Cyclops
Generic synonyms: Copepod, Copepod Crustacean
Group relationships: Genus Cyclops
Definition of Cyclops
1. n. sing. & pl. 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.
Definition of Cyclops
1. a freshwater animal [n CYCLOPS] / any of a race of giants in Greek mythology with a single eye in the middle of the forehead [n CYCLOPES]
Medical Definition of Cyclops
1. An individual with cyclopia. Synonym: monoculus, monophthalmus, monops. Origin: see cyclopia (05 Mar 2000)