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Definition of Argus
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes; was guardian of the heifer Io and was slain by Hermes.
2. Noun. Large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant.
Generic synonyms: Pheasant
Group relationships: Argusianus, Genus Argusianus
Definition of Argus
1. n. A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, who has placed by Juno to guard Io. His eyes were transplanted to the peacock's tail.
Definition of Argus
1. Proper noun. (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. ¹
2. Noun. An alert, observant person ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Argus
1. an East Indian pheasant [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Argus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Argus
Literary usage of Argus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1895)
"THE argus AND THE PELICAN. brought to Portland. There the two commanders, ...
For these services he was promoted to the command of the gun brig argus, ..."
2. Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812 by Alfred Thayer Mahan (1905)
"The surviving officer in command mentions in explanation, " the superior size
and metal of our opponent, and the fatigue which the crew of the ' argus' ..."
3. The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, During by James Melville Gilliss (1856)
"But the variable star of the southern hemisphere which has most interest is « argus.
Taking into account the surrounding nebula, the contiguous clusters of ..."
4. Collection of the Official Accounts, in Detail, of All the Battles Fought by by Heman Allen Fay (1817)
"BRIG argus. The British official account of the capture of the US brig argus ...
In that account, the Pelican, which took the argus, states the force of the ..."
5. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1872)
"unknown Species of argus Pheasant. To the Editors of the Annals and Magazine of
Natural History. GENTLEMEN,—Permit me to make a few remarks on the feathers ..."
6. A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy by George Frederick Chambers, ( (1890)
"Gilliss, then in Chili, reported r¡ argus to be of a reddish yellow colour,
somewhat darker than that of Mars, and very nearly as bright as Canopus. ..."
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