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Definition of: polyphemus

(pol′i·fē′məs) noun
1. An animal, or sometimes a person, having but one eye.
2. A large American silkworm moth (Telea polyphemus) having a conspicuous ocellus on each hind wing. [<NL <L, POLYPHEMUS]

Definition of: Polyphemus

(pol′i·fē′məs)
In Homer's Odyssey, the Cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus and his companions in a cave, from which they escaped after blinding him in his sleep. [<L <Gk. Polyphēmos, a Cyclops, lit., many–voiced <poly- many + phēmē a voice]

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