CYCLOPS


Meaning of CYCLOPS in English

/suy"klops/ , n. , pl. Cyclopes /suy kloh"peez/ .

1. Class. Myth. a member of a family of giants having a single round eye in the middle of the forehead.

2. ( l.c. ) a freshwater copepod of the genus Cyclops, having a median eye in the front of the head.

[ Kýklops, lit., round-eye, equiv. to kýkl ( os ) a circle, round + óps EYE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .