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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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“As long as capex continues to ramp, I’d expect a hunger for more financing,” Argus Research analyst Joseph Bonner told MarketWatch, referring to capital expenditures, or corporate spending on property, plants and equipment.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

More broadly, investors view the legacy software giant as trustworthy, Argus Research analyst Joseph Bonner told MarketWatch last week.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

To narrow that uncertainty, JPL geoscientist Donald Argus led the development of a new approach that relies on extremely precise satellite tracking.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

But David Fyfe, chief economist at Argus Media, said cutting off American supply would likely cause international prices to skyrocket.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Argus was waiting for us with his hundred eyes wide open.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

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

The brown argus has widened the area in which it lives and can now be found not only in most of southern and eastern England but as far north as Yorkshire too.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2015

Omar at once challenged him, and the fight took place down in the paddock behind a hedge, secure from Trigger's argus eye.

From The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason by William Le Queux

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