polyphemus

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A cyclops in Homer's Odyssey

In Greek mythology, a Cyclops. He was the son of Poseidon and the nymph Thoösa. When Odysseus and his companions were cast ashore on the coast of Sicily, Polyphemus imprisoned them in his cave with the intention of eating them. Odysseus got the giant drunk and then blinded him by plunging a burning stake into his single eye. When Polyphemus opened his cave in the morning, Odysseus and the six men the giant had not yet devoured made their escape by clinging to the bellies of sheep let out to pasture

A cyclops in Greek mythology

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

A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycidæ)

Polypheme

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polyphemus moth

very large yellowish-brown American silkworm moth with large eyespots on hind wings; larvae feed on fruit and shade trees

Heceleme

Po·ly·phe·mus

Etimoloji

() From Latin Polyphemus, from Ancient Greek Πολύφημος (Poluphēmos).