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cyclops

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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

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

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Synonyms:
water flea Cyclops

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "cyclops":
cyclopes cyclops
Words contain "cyclops":
antigonus cyclops cyclops genus cyclops
Words contain "cyclops" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
demetrius demetrius i demetrius poliorcetes cyclopean cyclops

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