Argus Definition
ärgəs
noun
A giant with 100 eyes who was made guardian of Io and was later slain by Hermes.
American Heritage
A giant with a hundred eyes, ordered by Hera to watch Io: after he is killed by Hermes, his eyes are put in the tail of the peacock.
Webster's New World
An alert or watchful person; a guardian.
American Heritage
Any alert watchman.
Webster's New World
An East Indian pheasant (genus Argusianus) resembling the peacock.
Webster's New World
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pronoun
(Greek mythology) A fabulous being of antiquity, also called Argus Panoptes, said to have had a hundred eyes. His eyes were transplanted to the peacock’s tail. He was a servant of the Greek goddess Hera.
Wiktionary
Origin of Argus
From Ancient Greek Ἄργος (Argos).
From Wiktionary
Latin from Greek Argos
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Special use of Argus.
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