cyclops

Definitions


[ˈsʌɪklɒps], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a member of a race of savage one-eyed giants. In the Odyssey, Odysseus escaped death by blinding the Cyclops Polyphemus

- a minute predatory freshwater crustacean which has a cylindrical body with a single central eye


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Origin:
via Latin from Greek Kuklōps, literally ‘round-eyed’, from kuklos ‘circle’ + ōps ‘eye’




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