| NOUN | person | Cyclops | (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead |
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| animal | cyclops, water flea | minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming / swimming |
| Sounds | say'klao.ps | |
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| Rhymes | triceratops | |
| Meaning | (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead. | |
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| Category | Greek mythology | The mythology of the ancient Greeks |
| Broader | giant | An imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength |
| Spanish | Ciclope, cíclope, cíclopes | |
| Catalan | ciclop, cíclops | |
| Adjectives | cyclopean | of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops |
| Meaning | minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming / swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms. | |
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| Synonym | water flea | |
| Member of | genus Cyclops | copepod water fleas |
| Broader | copepod, copepod crustacean | minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax |
| Catalan | ciclop | |
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