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Argus definition

Ar·gus (är′gəs)

noun

  1. Gr. Myth. 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
  2. any alert watchman
  3. an East Indian pheasant (genus Argusianus) resembling the peacock

Etymology: L < Gr Argos < argos, white: see argent

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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