Cyclops — synonyms, definition

1. cyclops (Noun)

1 synonym
water flea
2 definitions

cyclops (Noun) — 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.

cyclops (Noun) — (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead.

3 types of
copepod copepod crustacean giant
1 part of
genus Cyclops