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Cyclops

[ sahy-klops ]

noun

plural Cyclopes
  1. Classical Mythology. a member of a family of giants having a single round eye in the middle of the forehead.
  2. (lowercase) a freshwater copepod of the genus Cyclops, having a median eye in the front of the head.


Cyclops

1

/ ˈ²õ²¹Éª°ì±ôÉ’±è²õ /

noun

  1. classical myth one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of the forehead, encountered by Odysseus in the Odyssey See also Polyphemus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cyclops

2

/ ˈ²õ²¹Éª°ì±ôÉ’±è²õ /

noun

  1. any copepod of the genus Cyclops, characterized by having one eye
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cyclops

  1. plur. Cyclopes One-eyed giants in classical mythology . One Cyclops imprisoned Odysseus and his men during their voyage back to Greece after the Trojan War (see also Trojan War ). Odysseus managed to trick the Cyclops and put out his eye. Odysseus and his men were then able to escape.
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Origin of Cyclops1

< Greek °­Ã½°ì±ôűè²õ, literally, round-eye, equivalent to °ìý°ì±ô ( os ) a circle, round + á¹Ëð²õ eye
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of Cyclops1

C15: from Latin °ä²â³¦±ôűè²õ, from Greek °­³Ü°ì±ôűè²õ, literally: round eye, from kuklos circle + űè²õ eye
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“For some, a war becomes home,†he says at one point, his line readings so pungent you’ll barely miss the excitement of a Cyclops or a Calypso.

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Cyclops blasts powerful energy beams from his eyes.

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Alongside searching for the echidna, the expedition carried out the first comprehensive assessment of invertebrate, reptile, amphibian, and mammal life in the Cyclops Mountains.

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Using cameras placed in the Cyclops Mountains in Indonesia’s West Papua province, the researchers captured it on video for the first time, proving it had not gone extinct.

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Previous expeditions to the Cyclops Mountains had uncovered signs, such as 'nose pokes' in the ground, that the Attenborough echidna was still living there.

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