CYCLOPS
\sˈa͡ɪkləps], \sˈaɪkləps], \s_ˈaɪ_k_l_ə_p_s]\
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A genus of minute Entomostraca, found both in fresh and salt water. See Copepoda.
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A portable forge, used by tinkers, etc.
By Oddity Software
By William R. Warner
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A monster having but one eye, and that placed in the middle of the forehead, like the fabulous Cyclops.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.