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   Cyclops
   In Greek mythology, the Cyclops wereone of a race of Sicilian giants, who had one eye in the middle of the forehead and lived as shepherds. Odysseus blinded the Cyclops Polyphemus in Homer's Odyssey.
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   cyclops
   [n] - (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead 2. [n] - minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming
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   Cyclops
   In Greek mythology, one of a race of Sicilian giants with one eye in the middle of their foreheads. According to Homer, they lived as shepherds. Odysseus blinded the Cyclops...
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   Cyclops
   Remote-control EOD vehicle [UK]
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   Cyclops
   Cyclops: A common freshwater crustacean. Some species of Cyclops serve as hosts for parasites such as the guinea worm, the cause of dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease). The Cyclops were one-eyed giants of Greek mythology, a mythical race of lawless giant shepherds who lived in Sicily. They had a single large round eye in the center of the forehead ...
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   Cyclops
   Cy'clops noun sing. & plural [ Latin Cyclops , Greek Ky`klwps (strictly round- eyed), plural Ky`klwpes ; ky`klos circle + 'w`ps eye.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of ...
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   cyclops
   An individual with cyclopia. ... Synonym: monoculus, monophthalmus, monops. ... Origin: see cyclopia ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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   cyclops
   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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   Cyclops
   noun (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead
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    Cyclops
    In Greek mythology a `Cyclops` , or `Kyklops` (Greek `), is a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single round eye in the middle of its forehead. The plural is `Cyclopes` (prounounced ) or `Kyklopes` (Greek `). The name means `round-` or `wheel-eyed`. Hesiod describes one group of cyclopes and Homer describes another. In Hesiod's `Theogony`, Zeus releases three Cyclopes, the sons of Uranus and Gaia, from the dark pit of Tartarus. ...
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    Cyclops
    (si´klops) a genus of minute crustaceans, species of which act as hosts of Diphyllobothrium and Dracunculus.
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    cyclops
    (si´klops) a malformed fetus exhibiting cyclopia. Called also monops and monophthalmus.
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    Cyclops
    • (n. sing. & pl.) A portable forge, used by tinkers, etc. • (n. sing. & pl.) A genus of minute Entomostraca, found both in fresh and salt water. See Copepoda. • (n. sing. & pl.) One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and...
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    Cyclops
    (from the article `copepod`) ...at the surface of the sea and at great depths. Some live in freshwater; a few live in damp moss, in moisture at the base of leaves, or in humus. ... ...the skin surface, at which point a blister develops and finally bursts. Millions of larvae are released with the blister fluid. If the larvae are ... [...
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    Cyclops
    (from the article `Euripides`) Cyclops (Greek Kyklps) is the only complete surviving satyr play. The play`s cowardly, lazy satyrs with their disgraceful old father Silenus are ... ...This character was joined by a cowardly, lecherous, and wine-loving chorus of 11 satyrs led by Silenus, the foster father of Dionysus, in a ... [2 relat...
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    Cyclops
    in Greek legend and literature, any of several one-eyed giants to whom were ascribed a variety of histories and deeds. In Homer the Cyclopes were ... [3 related articles]
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    cyclops
    An individual with cyclopia. Syn: monops, monoculus 1, monophthalmus [see cyclopia]
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    Cyclops
    Cyclops (sī'klops) , plural Cyclopes. (sīklō'pēz) , in Greek mythology, immense one-eyed beings. They appear in at least two distinct traditions. According to Hesiod the Cyclopes were smiths, the sons of Uranus and Gaea. They were imprisoned in Tartarus by their fathe...
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