"argus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: arguses [plural]
Etymology: Special use of Argus, a many-eyed mythological figure. Head templates: {{en-noun}} argus (plural arguses)
  1. A watchful guardian.
    Sense id: en-argus-en-noun-aJNAiXj4 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 40 10 38
  2. An alert, observant person. Translations (alert, observant person): argos (Finnish), árgus (Hungarian), argus [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-argus-en-noun-R9VsWb65 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 40 10 38 Disambiguation of 'alert, observant person': 4 91 2 3
  3. Either of two species of pheasant of Southeast Asia having large ocellated tails.
    Sense id: en-argus-en-noun-jR4N8GWB
  4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, such as those of the genus Junonia, also called pansies. Categories (lifeform): Fowls, Nymphalid butterflies
    Sense id: en-argus-en-noun-fLA4nk0x Disambiguation of Fowls: 3 14 23 61 Disambiguation of Nymphalid butterflies: 4 10 4 83 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 27 6 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 15 10 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 2 9 5 41 9 4 2 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 6 4 43 6 3 1 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 21 15 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 40 10 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 20 18 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: argus pheasant, blue argus (taxonomic: Junonia orithya), brown argus (taxonomic: Aricia agestis), chocolate argus (taxonomic: Junonia iphita), meadow argus (taxonomic: Junonia villida), northern brown argus (taxonomic: Aricia artaxerxes), Scotch argus (taxonomic: Erebia aethiops)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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