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Meaning Of Cyclops
n. sing. & pl.
One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and
Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead.
They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of
Vulcan, under Mt. Etna.
n. sing. & pl.
A genus of minute Entomostraca, found both in
fresh and salt water. See Copepoda.