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Definitions for CYCLOPS
ˈsaɪ klɒps; saɪˈkloʊ pizcy·clops

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Cyclopsnoun

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

  2. cyclops, water fleanoun

    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

Wiktionary

  1. cyclopsnoun

    A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.

  2. cyclopsnoun

    A one-eyed creature of any species.

Wikipedia

  1. cyclops

    In Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, the Cyclopes ( sy-KLOH-peez; Greek: Κύκλωπες, Kýklōpes, "Circle-eyes" or "Round-eyes"; singular Cyclops SY-klops; Κύκλωψ, Kýklōps) are giant one-eyed creatures. Three groups of Cyclopes can be distinguished. In Hesiod's Theogony, the Cyclopes are the three brothers Brontes, Steropes, and Arges, who made for Zeus his weapon the thunderbolt. In Homer's Odyssey, they are an uncivilized group of shepherds, the brethren of Polyphemus encountered by Odysseus. Cyclopes were also famous as the builders of the Cyclopean walls of Mycenae and Tiryns. In Cyclops, the fifth-century BC play by Euripides, a chorus of satyrs offers comic relief based on the encounter of Odysseus and Polyphemus. The third-century BC poet Callimachus makes the Hesiodic Cyclopes the assistants of smith-god Hephaestus; as does Virgil in the Latin epic Aeneid, where he seems to equate the Hesiodic and Homeric Cyclopes. From at least the fifth century BC, Cyclopes have been associated with the island of Sicily and the volcanic Aeolian Islands.

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  1. cyclops

    A cyclops is a mythical creature often depicted in ancient Greek and Roman mythology, characterized by having a single eye in the middle of its forehead. They were typically described as being giant in size and known for their immense strength. These beings often appear in mythological tales, most notably in Homer's "Odyssey". In modern usage, "cyclops" can also refer to any creature or being, real or fictional, that possesses only one eye.

Webster Dictionary

  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

  4. Etymology: [L. Cyclops, Gr. Ky`klwps (strictly round-eyed), pl. Ky`klwpes; ky`klos circle + 'w`ps eye.]

Wikidata

  1. Cyclops

    A cyclops, in Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, was a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in the middle of his forehead. The name is widely thought to mean "circle-eyed". Hesiod described one group of cyclopes and the epic poet Homer described another; other accounts were written by the playwright Euripides, poet Theocritus and Roman epic poet Virgil. In Hesiod's Theogony, Zeus releases three Cyclopes, the sons of Uranus and Gaia, from the dark pit of Tartarus. They provide Zeus' thunderbolt, Hades' helmet of invisibility, and Poseidon's trident, and the gods use these weapons to defeat the Titans. In a famous episode of Homer's Odyssey, the hero Odysseus encounters the cyclops Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon and Thoosa, who lives with his fellow Cyclopes in a distant country. The connection between the two groups has been debated in antiquity and by modern scholars. It is upon Homer's account that Euripides and Virgil based their accounts of the mythical creatures.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Cyclops

    sī′klops, n. one of a fabled race of giants who lived chiefly in Sicily, with one eye in the middle of the forehead: a genus of minute freshwater copepods with an eye in front:—pl. Cyclō′pes.—adjs. Cyclopē′an, Cyclop′ic, relating to or like the Cyclops: giant-like: vast: pertaining to a prehistoric style of masonry with immense stones of irregular form. [Gr. kyklōpskyklos, a circle, and ōps, an eye.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  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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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CYCLOPS in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CYCLOPS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of CYCLOPS in a Sentence

  1. Andy Harris:

    As a Navy veteran, I feel I have a duty to honor the crew members on the USS Cyclops who never returned home to Baltimore, and the families they left behind.

  2. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho:

    Forest destruction in the Cyclops mountains have increased for use as firewood and to turn the land into plantations, since 2018 we have warned the Jayapura government to be careful of flash flood risks because of this deforestation.

  3. Dagen McDowell:

    And as Greg pointed out, he was a Democrat – but Biden once bragged about Wallace paying him a compliment, joe Biden gave a eulogy a little more than a decade ago for a former exalted cyclops of the Klan – Robert Byrd.

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