cyclops

Noun
  1. (Greek mythology) one of a group of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead (synset 109513702)
    referred to in: greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
    is a type of: giant - an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales
  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 (synset 101999773)
    is a type of: copepod, copepod crustacean - minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish
    belongs to: genus cyclops - copepod water fleas
    same as: water flea

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