Polyphemousadj.
/ˌpɒlɪˈfiːməs/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈfiməs/ = Polyphemic adj. Now chiefly in Compounds.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having an eye or eyes > single-eyed
Polyphemian1602
Polyphemous1695
Polyphemic1837
single-eyed1839
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > having > specific number
one-eyedOE
monoculusc1450
Polyphemian1602
monoculate1618
monocular1640
unocular1653
monoculous1656
Polyphemous1695
monoptical1821
Polyphemic1837
triocular1844
monophthalmic1857
monops1857
two-eyed1864
thousand-eyed1871
1695 Angliae Tutamen 20 Pipes to convey Wind, and a Polyphemous Eye in the Forehead to give Light.
1858 J. F. Geary Excrescences of Homœopathy 41 Another of the polyphemous pocket-books.
1874 Overland Monthly Feb. 132 Stepping for a moment into the glare of the locomotive's polyphemous eye, I was roughly hailed by a patriot.
Compounds
Polyphemous moth n. = Polyphemus n. 3.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Saturniidae > member of (saturniid)
saturnian1841
Polyphemus1867
Polyphemous moth1882
saturniid1886
1882 Harper's Mag. Nov. 849 I discovered..an open mummy case of the polyphemous moth.
1936 C. C. Furnas Next Hundred Years viii. 101 The young caterpillar of the Polyphemous moth on the average consumes enough food every hour to amount to almost 2,000 times its birth weight.
2001 E. Hand in A. Sarrantonio Redshift 315 Huge glossy color photos and computer-enhanced images of hissing cockroaches.., deathwatch beetles, polyphemous moths.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1695