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Pol·y·phe·mus    Audio Help   [pol-uh-fee-muhs] Pronunciation Key
–noun Classical Mythology.
a Cyclops who was blinded by Odysseus.
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Pol·y·phe·mus    Audio Help   (pŏl'ə-fē'məs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Greek Mythology
The Cyclops who confined Odysseus and his companions in a cave until Odysseus blinded him and escaped.


[Latin Polyphēmus, from Greek Poluphēmos, from poluphēmos, famous : polu-, much; see poly- + phēmē, saying, report; see bhā-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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Polyphemus

Pol`y*phe"mus\, n. [L. Polyphemus the one-eyed Cyclops who was blinded by Ulysses.] (Zo["o]l.) A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycid[ae]). Its larva, which is very large, bright green, with silvery tubercles, and with oblique white stripes on the sides, feeds on the oak, chestnut, willow, cherry, apple, and other trees. It produces a large amount of strong silk. Called also American silkworm.

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