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polyphemic

polyphemic adjective: having one eye like the cyclops Polyphemus.

Adjective

polyphemic (not comparable)

  1. having one eye like the cyclops Polyphemus
    • A sunflower, bending its head, peered at us with its round, polyphemic, impersonal eye, the long yellow lashes half-curled over the great black pupil.1944, Curzio Malaparte, translated by Cesare Foligno, Kaputt

Questions about polyphemic

What does polyphemic mean?
Polyphemic means having one eye like the cyclops Polyphemus.
What part of speech is polyphemic?
Polyphemic is an adjective.

Words near polyphemic in the dictionary

  1. polyphasically
  2. polyphasicity
  3. Polypheman
  4. Polypheme
  5. Polyphemian
  6. polyphemic
  7. polyphemid
  8. polyphemids
  9. Polyphemous
  10. polyphemus
  11. Polyphemus caterpillar

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