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Cy`clo*pe"dist (-p?"d?st), n.
A maker of, or writer for, a cyclopedia.

Cy*clop"ic (s?-kl?p"?k), a. [Gr.
&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;, fr. &?;&?;&?;&?;.] Pertaining to the
Cyclops; Cyclopean.

Cy"clops (s?"kl?ps), n. sing. & pl.
[L. Cyclops, Gr. Ky`klwps (strictly round-
eyed), pl. Ky`klwpes; ky`klos circle +
'w`ps eye.] 1. (Gr. Myth.)
One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite,
having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They
were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of
Vulcan, under Mt. Etna.

&fist; Pope, in his translation of the "Odyssey," uniformly
spells this word Cyclop, when used in the singular.

2. (Zoöl.) A genus of minute
Entomostraca, found both in fresh and salt water. See
Copepoda.

3. A portable forge, used by tinkers,
etc.

Cy`clo*ra"ma (s?`kl?-r?"m? or -r?"m?),
n. [Cyclo- + Gr. "o`rama
sight, spectacle.] A pictorial view which is extended
circularly, so that the spectator is surrounded by the objects
represented as by things in nature.


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