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1. (n.) Cyclops
any of a group of giants of Greek myth, having a single round eye in the middle of the forehead.
Etymology: (< Gk Kýklōps=kyklo- (see cyclo- ) +-ōps having an eye or face (of the kind specified))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Cyclops
(Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead
2. (noun) cyclops, water flea
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
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. Cyclops
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
2. Cyclops
a genus of minute Entomostraca, found both in fresh and salt water. See Copepoda
3. Cyclops
a portable forge, used by tinkers, etc
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Cyclops
a name given to three distinct classes of mythological beings: (1) a set of one-eyed savage giants infesting the coasts of Sicily and preying upon human flesh; (2) a set of Titans, also one-eyed, belonging to the race of the gods, three in number, viz., Brontes, Steropes, and Arges—three great elemental powers of nature, subjected by and subject to Zeus; and (3) a people of Thrace, famed for their skill in building.
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