CYCLOPS


Meaning of CYCLOPS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsī-ˌkläps ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek Kyklōps, from kykl- cycl- + ōps eye

Date: 1513

1. plural cy·clo·pes sī-ˈklō-(ˌ)pēz capitalized : any of a race of giants in Greek mythology with a single eye in the middle of the forehead

2. plural cyclops

[New Latin, genus name, from Latin]

: any of a genus ( Cyclops ) of freshwater predatory copepods having a single median eye

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.