Usually means: Giant cyclops from Greek mythology.
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  1. Polyphemus, Polyphemus: Merriam-Webster
  2. Polyphemus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Polyphemus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Polyphemus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Polyphemus: Wordnik
  6. Polyphemus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. Polyphemus: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Polyphemus: Dictionary.com
  9. Polyphemus (Argonaut), Polyphemus (Guido Reni), Polyphemus (crustacean), Polyphemus (del Piombo), Polyphemus (disambiguation), Polyphemus (genus), Polyphemus (sculpture), Polyphemus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Polyphemus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. polyphemus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Polyphemus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. polyphemus: FreeDictionary.org
  14. Polyphemus: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. Polyphemus: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Polyphemus)

▸ noun:  (Greek mythology) A cyclops in Homer's Odyssey.
▸ noun:  Synonym of polyphemus moth

Similar:
Polypheme, cyclops, cyclopess, Circe, Penelope, Argos, Cycnus, Odysseus, Diomedes, Bronte, more...

Opposite:
two-eyed, binocular.

Phrases:
limulus polyphemus, Antheraea polyphemus, gopherus polyphemus, polyphemus moth, polyphemus moths, more...

Adjectives:
giant, eyed, limulus, gopherus, blind, mighty, poor, male, huge, strong, magnificent

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Similar:
Polypheme, cyclops, cyclopess, Circe, Penelope, Argos, Cycnus, Odysseus, Diomedes, Bronte, more...

Opposite:
two-eyed, binocular.

Phrases:
limulus polyphemus, Antheraea polyphemus, gopherus polyphemus, polyphemus moth, polyphemus moths, xiphosurus polyphemus, more...

Adjectives:
giant, eyed, limulus, gopherus, blind, mighty, poor, male, huge, strong, magnificent



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