Definitions for arguses

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arguses Ar·gus

Spelling: [ahr-guh s]

IPA: /ˈɑr gəs/

Arguses is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 195 anagrams from letters in arguses (aegrssu).

Definitions for arguses

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 the Odyssey) 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.

Origin of arguses

Latin Greek Árgos, derivative of argós bright, shining

Examples for arguses

Suddenly in the breathless, soundless, hot night an argus pheasant screamed in the woods across the stream.

Part of Secondary wing-feather of argus pheasant, shewing two, a and b, perfect ocelli.

On their heads they wore a mass of feathers of the argus pheasant.

Quick as he was, quick as a tiger striking its prey, the argus pheasant was quicker.

Do not forget to procure some skins of the argus pheasant; I think it differs from those of the Malayan peninsula.

The possessor of these wonderful appendages, for they are wonderful, is the argus pheasant of the Malay Peninsula and Borneo.

The birds are of gorgeous plumage, such as the argus pheasant, the Mango bird.

"The argus pheasant will fly to Sadong faster than your proa," she said.

Let us take one example—the courtship of the argus pheasant.

There was an immediate answer—the shrill note of the argus pheasant.