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ARGUS
- giant with 100 eyes, set to guard the heifer Io: his eyes were transferred after his death to the peacock's tail
- son of Phrixus and builder of the Argo
- (in the Odyssey) Odysseus' faithful dog, who recognized his master after twenty years and immediately died
- any observant or vigilant person; a watchful guardian
- large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, lying largely south of Canis Major
- the ship in which Jason sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece
- an East Indian pheasant [n ARGUSES]
- an E Indian pheasant [n -ES]