cyclops.
A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.
Meaning & usage
A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.
A one-eyed creature of any species.
A person with only one working eye.
Any copepod in the genus Cyclops.
A small magnifying lens in the crystal of a watch to aid in reading the date.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin cyclōps, from Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “Cyclops ['round eyes']”). The sense for copepods is a semantic loan from translingual Cyclops.
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