Cyclopes, genus Cyclopes
(noun) only the silky anteater
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
cyclopes
plural of cyclops
Source: Wiktionary
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
27 February 2025
(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain); “They breasted the mountain”; “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”
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