cyclops
noun
cy·clops ˈsī-ˌkläps 
1
Cyclops plural Cyclopes sī-ˈklō-(ˌ)pēz : any of a race of giants in Greek mythology with a single eye in the middle of the forehead
: any of a race of giants in Greek mythology with a single eye in the middle of the forehead
2
plural cyclops [New Latin, genus name, from Latin] : any of a genus (Cyclops) of freshwater predatory copepods having a single median eye
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Sandberg wanted to populate the film with all sorts of monsters from mythology: minotaurs, cyclops, harpies, and… are those demonic unicorns? —
Devan Coggan, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2023 Fans will remember the catchphrases — lickety brindle, the golden ladder, cyclops. —Bill Oram, oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2023 Flipping the crown also meant flipping the cyclops window from 3 o’clock to 9 o’clock, which looks wonderfully odd and eccentric. —Carol Besler, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2022 Jean-François Lesport and Antoine Heitz from the Natural History Museum Basel and Floréal Solé, a specialist in carnivorous mammals named the new specimen Tartarocyon, after a giant cyclops known in Basque mythology. —Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2022 See All Example Sentences for cyclops
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Devan Coggan, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2023 Fans will remember the catchphrases — lickety brindle, the golden ladder, cyclops. —Bill Oram, oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2023 Flipping the crown also meant flipping the cyclops window from 3 o’clock to 9 o’clock, which looks wonderfully odd and eccentric. —Carol Besler, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2022 Jean-François Lesport and Antoine Heitz from the Natural History Museum Basel and Floréal Solé, a specialist in carnivorous mammals named the new specimen Tartarocyon, after a giant cyclops known in Basque mythology. —Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2022 See All Example Sentences for cyclops
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cyclops
noun
cy·clops ˈsī-ˌkläps
1
plural cyclopes sī-ˈklō-ˌpēz capitalized : one of a race of giants in Greek legend with a single eye in the middle of the forehead
capitalized : one of a race of giants in Greek legend with a single eye in the middle of the forehead
2
plural cyclops : a water flea with a single eye
Medical Definition
cyclops
noun
cy·clops ˈsī-ˌkläps
1
plural cyclopes sī-ˈklō-(ˌ)pēz : an individual or fetus abnormal in having a single eye or the usual two orbits fused
: an individual or fetus abnormal in having a single eye or the usual two orbits fused
2
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
3
plural cyclops : a copepod water flea of the genus Cyclops
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