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 |
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Synonyms: water flea |
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Related Words: copepod, copepod crustacean |
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(noun) (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead |
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Synonyms: Cyclopes |
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Related Words: giant |
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