Definition of Cyclops

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead.

Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Giant
Derivative terms: Cyclopean

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

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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyclops

cyclophrenia
Cyclophyllidae
cyclopia
cyclopia
cyclopian
cyclopian eye
cyclopiazonic acid
cyclopic
cycloplegia
cycloplegic
cyclopropane
cyclopropane
cyclopropanes
cyclopropane synthetase
cyclops (current term)
cyclops (current term)
Cyclopteridae
Cyclopterus
Cyclopterus lumpus
cyclorama
cycloramas
cycloramic
cyclos
cycloserine
cycloserine
cycloserines
cycloses
cyclosis
cyclosis
Cyclosorus

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