cyclops

noun

minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming

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

Roots

kykloscycl- · Greek · circle, round opsops- · Greek · eye

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