argus

Meaning of argus

noun
  1. a large long-tailed pheasant with generally brown plumage, found in SE Asia and Indonesia.
  2. a small brown or bluish Eurasian butterfly which has eye-like markings near the wing margins.
  3. a silvery deep-bodied fish with round spots, found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific region in both fresh and salt water.

late Middle English: from Latin, from Greek Argos, the name of a watchman in Greek mythology who had a hundred eyes. After he was killed by Hermes, Hera used his eyes to decorate the peacock's tail.

Information about argus

Hyphenation of argus

ar-gus

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
  • argus is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

argus synonyms

Meaning Argus:

Argus

Anagrams of argus

gaurs, guars, Sugar, sugar

Words that rhyme with argus

Argus, Podargus, archosargus, lethargus, podargus, pygargus, sargus, wargus, Carrickfergus, Fergus, Mergus, Polyergus, bathyergus, mergus, polyergus, Birgus, Lycurgus, burgus, demiurgus, thaumaturgus

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