argus
pronunciation
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- Noun:
- large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant
Word Origin
- Argus
- hundred-eyed giant of Greek mythology, late 14c., from Latin, from Greek Argos, literally "the bright one," from argos "shining, bright" (see argent). His epithet was Panoptes "all-eyes." After his death, Hera transferred his eyes to the peacock's tail. Used in figurative sense of "very vigilant person."
Example
- 1. Argus asked hermes to play his pipes again .
- 2. Project argus was a top-secret military test aimed at detonating atomic bombs in space to generate an artificial radiation belt , disrupt the near-space environment , and possibly intercept enemy missiles .
- 3. The goddess delivered the heifer to argus , to be strictly watched .
- 4. Car hire is readily available from argus at both airports .
- 5. Dr. holman has also begun working with nato in hopes of adapting routine reconnaissance images , most of which are discarded , to the argus system .