ˈsīˌkläps noun
Etymology: Latin, from Greek Kyklōps, from kykl- cycl- + ōps eye, face — more at eye
1. plural cyclo·pes sīklō(ˌ)pēz usually capitalized : one of a race of giants in Greek mythology with a single eye in the middle of the forehead
2. plural cyclopes
[New Latin, from Latin]
: an individual or fetus abnormal in having a single eye or the usual two orbits fused
3. capitalized
[New Latin, from Latin]
: a genus of minute free-swimming copepods that have a large median eye, a pear-shaped body tapering posteriorly, and long antennules used in swimming, that are widely distributed and abundant in fresh waters, that are important elements in certain aquatic food chains, and that directly affect man as intermediate hosts of certain parasitic worms — see guinea worm
4. plural cyclops
[New Latin, fr Latin]
: a copepod of the genus Cyclops : water flea