cyclops meaning and definition

CYCLOPS noun

Definition of Cyclops (noun)

1. (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead
2. minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms
   • synonyms: water flea