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Cyclopes
(redirected from genus Cyclopes)

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Cyclopes
one-eyed, unruly giants; excellent metals craftsmen. [Gk. Myth.: Parrinder, 68]

Cyclopes
one-eyed monsters. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]
See : Deformity

Cyclopes
race of one-eyed, gigantic men. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey; Arab. Lit.: Arabian Nights, “Sindbad the Sailor,” Third Voyage]
See : Giantism

Cyclopes
Poseidon’s sons, each with one eye in the center of his forehead. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]
See : Monsters

Cyclopes
one-eyed giants; builders of fortifications. [Gk. Myth.: Avery, 346]
See : Strength


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