Zool. and Path. Also in anglicized form cyclopy. [f. Gr. κύκλωψ Cyclops: see below.] (See quot. 1882.) Hence Cyclopian a.
1839–47. Todd, Cycl. Anat., III. 738. Cyclopian monsters. Ibid. (1849–52), IV. 967/1. Want of the under jaw often coexists with Cyclopia.
1862. Chambers’ Encycl., s.v. Deformities, Cyclopy, when both the eyes run into one.
1882. Syd. Soc. Lex., Cyclopia, a kind of monstrosity consisting in the fusion of two eyes into one place in the middle of the forehead, like the Cyclops. It is a normal condition of some Crustacea.
