Argus
noun
- 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
- any alert watchman
- an East Indian pheasant (genus Argusianus) resembling the peacock
See Argus in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ärˈgəs)
noun- Greek Mythology A giant with 100 eyes who was made guardian of Io and was later slain by Hermes.
- An alert or watchful person; a guardian.
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