ALL meanings of argus
Ar·gus
A a - noun argus any of various brown butterflies, esp the Scotch argus (Erebia aethiops) found on moorland and in forests up to a height of 2000 m 3
- noun argus a giant with a hundred eyes who was made guardian of the heifer Io. After he was killed by Hermes his eyes were transferred to the peacock's tail 3
- noun argus a vigilant person; guardian 3
- noun argus a giant with a hundred eyes, ordered by Hera to watch Io: after he is killed by Hermes, his eyes are put in the tail of the peacock 3
- noun argus any alert watchman 3
- noun argus an East Indian pheasant (genus Argusianus) resembling the peacock 3
- noun Technical meaning of argus (language) A successor to CLU, from LCS at MIT. Argus supports distributed programming through guardians (like monitors, but can be created dynamically) and atomic actions (indivisible activity). It also has cobegin and coend. 1
- noun argus A monster with a hundred eyes, used by Hera to watch over Io. He was killed by Hermes, and Hera then used his eyes to deck the peacock’s tail. 1
- noun argus 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. 1
- noun argus a son of Phrixus and builder of the Argo. 1
- noun argus (in the Odyssey) Odysseus' faithful dog, who recognized his master after twenty years and immediately died. 1
- noun argus any observant or vigilant person; a watchful guardian. 1
- noun argus (lowercase). Also, argus pheasant. any of several brilliantly marked Malayan pheasants of the Argusianus or Rheinardia genera. 1
- noun argus An alert, observant person. 0