Library / English Dictionary

ARGUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant

Synonyms:

argus; argus pheasant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("argus" is a kind of...):

pheasant (large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere)

Holonyms ("argus" is a member of...):

Argusianus; genus Argusianus (argus pheasants)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes; was guardian of the heifer Io and was slain by Hermes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Argus" is a kind of...):

giant (an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

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