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Cyclops

American  
[sahy-klops] / ˈsaɪ klɒps /

noun

plural

Cyclopes

  1. Classical Mythology. a member of a family of giants having a single round eye in the middle of the forehead.

  2. (lowercase) a freshwater copepod of the genus Cyclops, having a median eye in the front of the head.

cyclops 1 British  
/ ˈsaɪklɒps /

noun

  1. any copepod of the genus Cyclops, characterized by having one eye

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Cyclops 2 British  
/ ˈsaɪklɒps /

noun

  1. classical 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

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Cyclops Cultural  

  1. 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.

Etymology

Origin of Cyclops

< Greek Kýklōps, literally, round-eye, equivalent to kýkl ( os ) a circle, round + ṓps eye

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