Associations to the word «Cyclops»

Wiktionary

CYCLOPS, noun. (Greek mythology) (Roman mythology) A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.
CYCLOPS, noun. A one-eyed creature of any species.
CYCLOPS, noun. (pejorative) A person with only one working eye.
CYCLOPS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Cyclopidae   — widespread, small, one-eyed, freshwater crustaceans.

Dictionary definition

CYCLOPS, noun. (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead.
CYCLOPS, 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.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras