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Ar•gus  (är′gəs),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mythology[Class. Myth.]a giant with 100 eyes, set to guard the heifer Io: his eyes were transferred after his death to the peacock's tail.
  2. Mythologya son of Phrixus and builder of the Argo.
  3. Classics, Mythology(in the Odyssey) Odysseus' faithful dog, who recognized his master after twenty years and immediately died.
  4. any observant or vigilant person;
    a watchful guardian.
  5. Birds(l.c.) Also,  ar′gus pheas′ant. any of several brilliantly marked Malayan pheasants of the Argusianus or Rheinardia genera.
  • Greek Árgos, derivative of argós bright, shining
  • Latin


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

Argus /ˈɑːɡəs/ n
  1. a giant with a hundred eyes who was made guardian of the heifer Io. After he was killed by Hermes his eyes were transferred to the peacock's tail
  2. a vigilant person; guardian



'Argus' also found in these entries:
Argo - Argus-eyed - argus tortoise beetle - io - tortoise beetle
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