CYCLOPES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cyclopes mean? 

• CYCLOPES (noun)
  The noun CYCLOPES has 1 sense:

1. only the silky anteater

  Familiarity information: CYCLOPES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYCLOPES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Only the silky anteater

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cyclopes; genus Cyclopes

Hypernyms ("Cyclopes" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Cyclopes"):

Cyclopes didactylus; silky anteater; two-toed anteater (squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur)

Holonyms ("Cyclopes" is a member of...):

family Myrmecophagidae; Myrmecophagidae (New World anteaters)