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Cyclops / cyclops > 2 senses
NOUN1Cyclops(Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead
2cyclops, water fleaMinute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming
Cyclops / cyclops > pronunciation
Soundssay'klao.ps
Rhymestriceratops
Cyclops > noun 1, person
Meaning(Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead.
CategoryGreek mythology
Broadergiant
Adjectivescyclopean
cyclops > noun 2, animal
MeaningMinute 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.
Synonymswater flea
Member ofgenus Cyclops
Broadercopepod, copepod crustacean

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