cyclops

Plural: cyclopes, cyclops, cyclopses

Noun

• A genus of small freshwater crustaceans with a single eye.
• (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead
• 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
• A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.
• A one-eyed creature of any species.
• A person with only one working eye.
• Any copepod in the genus Cyclops.
• A small magnifying lens in the crystal of a watch to aid in reading the date.

Examples

• He stared at the board with a single-minded focus, like a ’CYCLOPS’ spotting its prey.

Synonyms

water flea