Cyclops

noun

• 1 (plural Cyclops or Cyclopes /sīˈklōpēz/) Greek Mythology a member of a race of savage one-eyed giants. In the Odyssey, Odysseus escaped death by blinding the Cyclops Polyphemus.

• 2 (cyclops) a minute predatory freshwater crustacean which has a cylindrical body with a single central eye.

  • Genus Cyclops and other genera, order Cyclopoida