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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
argus /ˈɑːgəs/

▶noun

1 a large long-tailed Asian pheasant with eye-like markings on its wings. [Argusianus argus.]

2 a small brown or bluish butterfly with eye-like markings. [Aricia and other genera.]

– origin ME: from L., from Gk Argos, a mythical watchman with a hundred eyes.

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