cyclops
16 points
English
7 letters
Common
Commonness #17,013
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Definitions
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
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Pronunciation
/sˈaɪklˌɔːps/ · 2 syllables · CMUdict (BSD-3-Clause)
Word forms
plural cyclopses
Forms from WordNet 3.1 morphology — every form attested in the dictionary.
Rhymes
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