A giant creature from Greek mythology with a single eye in the center of its forehead, like Polyphemus.
From Greek 'kyklops' (κύκλωψ), combining 'kyklos' (circle) and 'ops' (eye), literally meaning 'round-eyed.' The term referred to the mythological one-eyed giants in Homer's Odyssey.
Polyphemus wasn't just scary—he was the son of Poseidon, which made him practically immortal, which is why Odysseus had to be so clever to escape him. The ancient Greeks might have invented the cyclops myth to explain fossils of extinct elephant skulls, which have a large central opening that looks eerily like a single eye socket.
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