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Cyclops

cyc·lops

UK/ˈsaɪˌklɒps/ US/ˈsaɪˌklɑps/ uncommon

noun

1.

(Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead

2.

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

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin cyclōps, from Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “Cyclops ['round eyes']”). The sense for copepods is a semantic loan from translingual Cyclops.

Phrases

  • Cyclopean architecture
  • cyclops girl

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