cyclops
1. [ noun ] (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead
Synonyms: Cyclopes
Related terms: giant Greek_mythology
2. [ noun ] (zoology) 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
Synonyms: water_flea
Related terms: copepod genus_Cyclops
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