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<h1>Cyclopedist</h1> <Xpage=361>

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

<h1>Cyclopic</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy*clop"ic</hw> <tt>(s?-kl?p"?k)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/, fr. <?/<?/<?/<?/.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the Cyclops; Cyclopean.</def>

<h1>Cyclops</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy"clops</hw> <tt>(s?"kl?ps)</tt>, <tt>n. sing. & pl.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Cyclops</ets>, Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ (strictly round-eyed), pl. <?/<?/<?/<?/;<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ circle + <?/<?/ eye.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Gr. Myth.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<note>&hand; Pope, in his translation of the "Odyssey," uniformly spells this word <i>Cyclop</i>, when used in the singular.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of minute Entomostraca, found both in fresh and salt water. See <er>Copepoda</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A portable forge, used by tinkers, etc.</def>

<h1>Cyclorama</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy`clo*ra"ma</hw> <tt>(s?`kl?-r?"m? &or; -r?"m?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cyclo-</ets> + <ets>Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ sight, spectacle.]</ety> <def>A pictorial view which is extended circularly, so that the spectator is surrounded by the objects represented as by things in nature. The realistic effect is increased by putting, in the space between the spectator and the picture, things adapted to the scene represented, and in some places only parts of these objects, the completion of them being carried out pictorially.</def>

<h1>Cycloscope</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy"clo*scope</hw> <tt>(s?"kl?-sk?p)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cyclo-</ets> + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <def>A machine for measuring at any moment velocity of rotation, as of a wheel of a steam engine.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Cyclosis</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy*clo"sis</hw> <tt>(s?-kl?"s?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ circulation, from <?/<?/<?/<?/. See <er>Cyclone</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The circulation or movement of protoplasmic granules within a living vegetable cell.</def>

<h1>Cyclostomata</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy`clo*stom"a*ta</hw> <tt>(s?`kl?-st?m"?-t?)</tt><def>,</def>

<h1>Cyclostoma</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy*clos"to*ma</hw> <tt>(s?-kl?s"t?-m?)</tt>,, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ circle + <?/<?/<?/<?/, -<?/<?/ mouth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of Bryozoa, in which the cells have circular apertures.</def>

<h1>Cyclostome skl-stm, Cyclostomous</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw><hw>Cy"clo*stome</hw> <tt>(s?"kl?-st?m)</tt>, <hw>Cy*clos"to*mous</hw> <tt>(s?-kl?s"t?-m?s)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the Cyclostomi.</def>

<h1>Cyclostomi</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy*clos"to*mi</hw> <tt>(s?-kl?s"t?-m?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Cyclostomata</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A glass of fishes having a suckerlike mouth, without jaws, as the lamprey; the Marsipobranchii.</def>

<h1>Cyclostylar</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy`clo*sty"lar</hw> <tt>(s?`kl?-st?"?r)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cyclo-</ets> + <ets>Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ column.]</ety> <def>Relating to a structure composed of a circular range of columns, without a core or building within.</def>

<i>Weale.</i>

<h1>Cyclostyle</h1> <Xpage=361>

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