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  Argus

  noun

  a giant with 100 eyes, set to guard the heifer Io: his eyes were transferred after his death to the peacock's tail.
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  argus

  noun

  any of various brown butterflies, esp the Scotch argus ( Erebia aethiops ) found on moorland and in forests up to a height of 2000 m

Argus

American  

[ahr-guhs] / ˈɑr gəs /

noun

1. Classical Mythology. a giant with 100 eyes, set to guard the heifer Io: his eyes were transferred after his death to the peacock's tail.

2. a son of Phrixus and builder of the Argo.

3. (in theOdyssey ) Odysseus' faithful dog, who recognized his master after twenty years and immediately died.

4. any observant or vigilant person; a watchful guardian.

5. (lowercase) Also argus pheasant any of several brilliantly marked Malayan pheasants of the Argusianus or Rheinardia genera.

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argus ¹ British  

/ ˈɑːɡəs /

noun

1. any of various brown butterflies, esp the Scotch argus ( Erebia aethiops ) found on moorland and in forests up to a height of 2000 m

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Argus ² British  

/ ˈɑːɡəs /

noun

1. Greek myth 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

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Argus Cultural  

1. A creature in classical mythology who had a hundred eyes. Hera set him to watch over Io, a girl who had been seduced by Zeus and then turned into a cow; with Argus on guard, Zeus could not come to rescue Io, for only some of Argus' eyes would be closed in sleep at any one time. Hermes, working on Zeus' behalf, played music that put all the eyes to sleep and then killed Argus. Hera put his eyes in the tail of the peacock.

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Etymology

Origin of Argus

< Latin < Greek Árgos, derivative of argós bright, shining

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However, Argus Research analyst Stephen Biggar told MarketWatch that he doesn’t see any risk of a run on deposits from an AI tool.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

"We're now estimating the size of the movement of Earth's mass center back and forth each year to be about half of what we believed it to be eight years ago," said Argus.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Sarah Raffoul, analytics manager at Argus Media, noted that while higher international prices would eventually curb demand, the immediate gap would severely strain trade relationships and accelerate global inflation.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

“If you’re a trader, then your kind of USP is that you are the master of the physical barrel,” said Tom Reed, head of oil-markets analysis at Argus Media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Argus Filch, the caretaker, was loathed by every student in the school.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

They shimmer from the pages like bright bits of stained glass, and their names are equally enchanting: common blue, painted lady, Queen of Spain fritillary, black-veined white and northern brown argus, among others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

They might have been confused for, say, ambitious bird watchers looking for a glimpse of the great argus.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2021

On this site alone, he had tried the high brown fritillary, Scotch argus, small heath, marbled white, grizzled skipper, wood white and chequered skipper.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2020

Known taxonomically as Channa argus or "lightning perch," they were purported to be able to "walk" on land, to wipe out native species and to have no natural predators.

From Scientific American ● May 30, 2013

Remarks.—Individuals of E. argus were most often seen on dry hillsides having a relatively sparse cover of vegetation.

From Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Korea by George W. Byers

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