cyclops

n. one-eyed giant (Greek Mythology)

n. one-eyed giant (Greek Mythology)

This page is about the mythical creature. For other uses, see Cyclops (disambiguation). In Greek mythology a Cyclops (pronounced ), or Kyklops (Greek ), is a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single round eye in the middle of its forehead. The plural is Cyclopes (prounounced ) or Kyklopes (Greek ). The name means "round-" or "wheel-eyed".
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Cyclops /Cy·clops/ a genus of minute crustaceans, species of which are hosts of Diphyllobothrium and Dracunculus. [more]Cyclops - Community and Resources

Noun
1. (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead
(hypernym) giant
(classification) Greek mythology

Noun
1. 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
(synonym) water flea
(hypernym) copepod, copepod crustacean
(member-holonym) genus Cyclops

(n. sing. & pl.)
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.
  

(n. sing. & pl.)
A portable forge, used by tinkers, etc.
  

(n. sing. & pl.)
A genus of minute Entomostraca, found both in fresh and salt water. See Copepoda.