英语词汇“argus”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

argus

释义

argus /ärˈgəs/

noun (pl arˈguses)

(with cap) in Greek mythology, Io's guardian, whose hundred eyes Hera transferred to the peacock's tail
(with cap) a vigilant watcher
A pheasant of SE Asia (argus pheasant) of the genus Argusianus, with a long colourful tail with eye-spots
A butterfly with many eye-spots on the wings (as some Lycaenidae and Satyridae)
An ophiuroid with much-divided coiling arms

ORIGIN: Gr Argos, literally, bright

Arˈgus-eyed adjective

Keen-sighted, vigilant

argus tortoise beetle noun

A black-spotted, reddish, tortoise-shaped beetle that feeds on plants of the convolvulus family

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