a large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant
animal noun (animals and microorganisms)
arguses
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hundred-eyed giant of Greek mythology, from Latin, from Greek Argos, literally...
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any of various brown butterflies, especially the Scotch argus [Erebia aethiops] found on moorland and in forests up to a height of 2000 m | [Greek ... (25 of 394 words, 4 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciations)
a large long-tailed pheasant with generally brown plumage, found in ... | a small brown or bluish Eurasian butterfly which has eye-like markings near ... (23 of 114 words, 3 definitions, pronunciation)
[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. | a son of ... (27 of 81 words, 5 definitions, pronunciation)
a type of bird in the family Phasianidae and is closely related to pheasants and peafowl. It has hundreds or thousands of tiny white spots on its plumage pattern, and thus its naming might have been in reference to the mythical hundred-eyed giant argus... (44 of 173 words)
A large bird "(Argusianus argus") of southern Asia and the East Indies, having long tail feathers marked with brilliantly colored, eyelike spots. (22 of 38 words, pronunciation)
any bird of the family Phasianidae that is larger than a quail or partridge. Most pheasants--some 50 species in about 16 genera of the subfamily ... (26 of 492 words, 2 images)
common name for some members of a family (Phasianidae) of henlike birds related to the grouse and including the Old World partridge, the peacock, ... (24 of 252 words)
any of numerous large often long-tailed and brightly colored Old World ... | any of various birds resembling a pheasant (19 of 93 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
any of a number of large gallinaceous birds (family Phasianidae), usually with a long, sweeping tail and brilliant feathers | [United States] any of a ... (24 of 68 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
[countable] a large bird with a long tail that is hunted for sport and food ; [uncountable] the meat from a pheasant (22 of 46 words, pronunciation)
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a large bird with a rounded body and long tail, which spends a lot of time on the ground and is often shot for sport and food (27 of 38 words, pronunciation)
a large brownish pheasant, the male of which has a very long tail like a peacock's. Native to: Southeast Asia, Indonesia. (21 of 47 words)
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First use: late 14th century
Origin: hundred-eyed giant of Greek mythology, from Latin, from Greek Argos, literally "the bright one", from argos "shining, bright". His ... (22 of 45 etymology words)
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin, from Greek Argos, the name of a mythical watchman with a hundred eyes
First use: 14th century
Origin: Latin, from Greek Argos
Origin: Latin, from Greek Argos.
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Origin: After "Argus", whose hundred eyes were given to a peacock's tail.
Origin: Special use of Argus.
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Origin: Ancient Greek Ἄργος.
Origin: From its tailspots, reminiscent of Argus's eyes
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