Cycleptus (sikleptus)

[NL., Black-horse ( Cycleptus elongatus). (From Report of U. S. Fish Commi ion, 1884.) specics, C. elongatus, growing to a length of 2 feet, common in the Mi i ippi valley, and popularly known as the black -horse, suckerel, gourd - mouth, gourd seed - sucker, sucker, and Mi ouri sucker. cycler (sī'klėr), n. Same as cyclist, 2. cycli, n. Plural of cyclus, 1. cyclian (sik'li-an), a. [L. cyclus, a cycle, + -ian.] Same as cyclic. The Cyclian poets, who formed the introduction and continuation to the Iliad, were therein as much drawn upon as Homer himself. C. O. Müller , Manual of Archæol. (trans.), § 415. cyclic (sik'lik), a . and n. [F. cyclique = Sp. cíclico = Pg. cyclico = It. ciclico , cyclic us , cycle .] I. a . 1. Pertaining to or moving in a cycle or circle; specifically, governed by a regular law of variation, according to which the final and initial terms of the series of changes or states are identical. All the cyclic heavens around me spun. Mrs. Browning, Drama of Exile. 2. Connected with a literary cycle: specifically applied to certain ancient Greek poets (some 1422 times inclusive of Homer) who wrote on the Trojan war and the adventures of the heroes connected with it. See cycle, 5. Cyclodus