Cyclops: nm (word coming from the Greek kuklôps, from kuklos “circle” and ôps “eye”).
The word “cyclops” has several meanings:
1. Greek mythology: Giant with only one eye in the middle of his forehead.
The lair of the cyclops.
Figurative meaning: Cyclops work: gigantic work (titan work).
2. Medicine: Being teratological (*) with a single eye.
(*) Teratology: Science which studies the malformations of living beings and their implementation during development.
Experimental teratology...
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