cyclops

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cyclops (enc)

Noun	1.	Cyclops - (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks giant - an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fair tales
	2.	cyclops - 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 water flea copepod, copepod crustacean - minute marine or fresh-water crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish genus Cyclops - copepod water fleas

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