cyclops
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noun \ˈsī-ˌkläps\Definition of CYCLOPS
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plural cy·clo·pes \sī-ˈklō-(ˌ)pēz\ capitalized : any of a race of giants in Greek mythology with a single eye in the middle of the forehead
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plural cyclops [New Latin, genus name, from Latin] : any of a genus (Cyclops) of freshwater predatory copepods having a single median eye
See Origin of CYCLOPS
Latin, from Greek Kyklōps, from kykl- cycl- + ōps eye
First Known Use: 1513
cy·clops
noun \ˈsī-ˌkläps\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of CYCLOPS
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plural ; cy·clo·pes \sī-ˈklō-(ˌ)pēz\ (audio pronunciation) : an individual or fetus abnormal in having a single eye or the usual two orbits fused
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capitalized : a genus of minute free-swimming copepods that have a large median eye, a pear-shaped body tapering posteriorly, and long antennules used in swimming, that are widely distributed and abundant in fresh waters, that are important elements in certain aquatic food chains, and that directly affect humans as intermediate hosts of certain parasitic worms—see guinea worm
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plural ; cyclops : a copepod water flea of the genus Cyclops
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