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Cyclops

//ˈsaɪˌklɑps// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology. Greek, Roman
  2. 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 wordnet
  3. 3
    A one-eyed creature of any species.
  4. 4
    (Greek mythology) one of a group of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead wordnet
  5. 5
    A person with only one working eye. derogatory
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  1. 6
    Any copepod in the genus Cyclops.
  2. 7
    A small magnifying lens in the crystal of a watch to aid in reading the date.

Etymology

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

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