Cyclops
n 1: (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single
eye in the middle of their forehead [syn: {Cyclops}, {Cyclopes}]
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 [syn: {water flea}]