Cyclops (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural Cy·clo·pes [sahy-kloh-peez]. /saɪˈkloʊ piz/.
  1. a member of a family of giants having a single round eye in the middle of the forehead.
  2. a freshwater copepod of the genus Cyclops, having a median eye in the front of the head.
noun plural cyclops or cyclopes (saɪˈkləʊpiːz)
  1. any copepod of the genus Cyclops, characterized by having one eye
noun plural Cyclopes (saɪˈkləʊpiːz) or Cyclopses
  1. one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of the forehead, encountered by Odysseus in the Odyssey
Cyclops (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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