- genus Cyclops
- nouncopepod water fleas• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Copepoda, ↑subclass Copepoda• Member Meronyms: ↑cyclops, ↑water flea
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
genus Cyclops
Look at other dictionaries:
Cyclops elegans — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum … Wikipedia
Cyclops bicuspidatus — Female (left) male (right) C. b. thomasi Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Cyclops (genus) — This article is about the crustacean. See Cyclops (disambiguation) for other meanings. Cyclops Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
Cyclops — A common freshwater crustacean. Some species of Cyclops serve as hosts for parasites such as the guinea worm, the cause of dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease). The Cyclops were one eyed giants of Greek mythology, a mythical race of lawless giant … Medical dictionary
cyclops — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Kyklōps, from kykl cycl + ōps eye Date: 1513 1. plural cyclopes capitalized any of a race of giants in Greek mythology with a single eye in the middle of the forehead 2. plural cyclops [New Latin, genus … New Collegiate Dictionary
cyclops — n. 1 (pl. Cyclops or Cyclopses or Cyclopes) (in Greek mythology) a member of a race of one eyed giants. 2 (cyclops) (pl. cyclops or cyclopes) Zool. a crustacean of the genus Cyclops, with a single central eye. Etymology: L f. Gk Kuklops f. kuklos … Useful english dictionary
Cyclops — n. 1 (pl. Cyclops or Cyclopses or Cyclopes) (in Greek mythology) a member of a race of one eyed giants. 2 (cyclops) (pl. cyclops or cyclopes) Zool. a crustacean of the genus Cyclops, with a single central eye. Etymology: L f. Gk Kuklops f. kuklos … Useful english dictionary
Cyclops — /suy klops/, n., pl. Cyclopes /suy kloh peez/. 1. Class. Myth. a member of a family of giants having a single round eye in the middle of the forehead. 2. (l.c.) a freshwater copepod of the genus Cyclops, having a median eye in the front of the… … Universalium
Cyclops Roundleaf Bat — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Cyclops — Cy clops (s? kl?ps), n. sing. & pl. [L. Cyclops, Gr. Ky klwps (strictly round eyed), pl. Ky klwpes; ky klos circle + w ps eye.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
