cyclops

(noun)

noun

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

Definition categories: person, giant

2. 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

Definition categories: animal, copepod