Cyclops a member of a race of savage one-eyed giants, said to have been the builders of the walls of Mycenae. In the Odyssey, Odysseus escaped death by blinding the one-eyed Polyphemus. The name comes via Latin from Greek Kuklōps, literally ‘round-eyed’, from kuklos ‘circle’ + ōps ‘eye’.

The term cyclopean is used to denote a type of ancient masonry made with massive irregular blocks, by association with the great size of the Cyclops.

Cyclops ★★ 1956

When an expedition party searches throughout Mexico for a woman's long lost fiance, they are shocked when they find out that radiation has turned him into a one-eyed monster. 72m/B VHS, DVD . Tom Drake, Gloria Talbott, Lon Chaney Jr., James Craig; D: Bert I. Gordon.

Cyclops (Gr. myth.) one of a race of one-eyed giants. XV. — L. Cyclōps — Gr. Kúklōps ‘round-eyed’, f. kúklos (see CYCLE) + ṓps EYE.