CYCLOPES

Cyclopes, genus Cyclopes

(noun) only the silky anteater

CYCLOPS

cyclops, water flea

(noun) 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

Cyclops

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

cyclopes

plural of cyclops

Source: Wiktionary

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CYCLOPS

Cy"clops (s"klps), n. sing. & pl. Etym: [L. Cyclops, Gr.

1. (Gr. Myth.)

Definition: 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.

Note: Pope, in his translation of the "Odyssey," uniformly spells this word Cyclop, when used in the singular.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A genus of minute Entomostraca, found both in fresh and salt water. See Copepoda.

3. A portable forge, used by tinkers, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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