Meaning of Cyclops in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈsaɪˌklɑps/

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  1. Noun

    Cyclops

    Etymology

    via Latin from Greek Kuklōps, literally ‘round-eyed’, from kuklos‘circle’ + ōps‘eye’

    Definitions

    1. (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead
  2. 2. minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming

    Examples

    • « important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms »