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Cyclops
[ sahy-klops ]
noun
- Classical Mythology. a member of a family of giants having a single round eye in the middle of the forehead.
- (lowercase) a freshwater copepod of the genus Cyclops, having a median eye in the front of the head.
Cyclops
1/ ˈsaɪklɒps /
noun
- See Polyphemusclassical 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
cyclops
2/ ˈsaɪklɒps /
noun
- any copepod of the genus Cyclops, characterized by having one eye
Cyclops
- plur. Cyclopes One-eyed giants in classical mythology . One Cyclops imprisoned Odysseus and his men during their voyage back to Greece after the Trojan War (see also Trojan War ). Odysseus managed to trick the Cyclops and put out his eye. Odysseus and his men were then able to escape.
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Example Sentences
In the episode, “The Cyber House Rules,” Leela dates her childhood crush—now a rich surgeon—and tries to change her Cyclops look.
Kwasind is a sort of Samson, who threw a huge mass of rock such as the Cyclops cast at Mentor.
I never associate Vulcan and his Cyclops with the idea of a forge.
He ran and he ran and after a while the Cyclops reached down and plucked him off the floor.
But the Cyclops only turned over in its sleep and began to snore again.
The Cyclops advanced on its knees, searching, its mouth slavering now.
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