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cyclops

/'saɪklɑps/

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noun
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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water flea

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copepod copepod crustacean
noun
(Greek mythology) one of a group of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead
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type of:
giant

Definition that contains cyclops

demetrius son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia; he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC)
cyclopean of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops
demetrius i son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia; he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC)
demetrius poliorcetes son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia; he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC)