Meaning of 'argus' in Xhosa is: undefined


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Noun(1) (Greek mythology(2) large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant(3) (Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes(4) was guardian of the heifer Io and was slain by Hermes

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(1) Not only has the brown argus moved into those habitats, it's been using them as stepping-stones to populations of H. chamaecistus that used to be too far apart.(2) Scatophagus argus (Argus Fish, Spotted Scat) are sensitive to nitrites.(3) I've had meadow argus , a species you find all over the world, around my daisies.(4) The areas often support many rare or uncommon species such as northern brown argus butterflies and wood bitter vetch.(5) Ovid describes Argus with one hundred eyes in his head, but an Attic vase (c. 490 BCE) depicts Argus with eyes all over his body.(6) In Vietnam there is a beautiful bird called the crested argus .(7) The best-known species, the scat, or argus fish is a popular freshwater aquarium fish when small.(8) There are also gibbons, leaf monkeys, jungle cats, forest deer, otter, hornbills and argus pheasants .(9) Several species of the Argus Butterfly exist but the Eden Argus exists nowhere else than in Castle Eden Dene.(10) There is quite an assortment of wonderful & rare pheasants in the world; although it is hard to chose I go with the two huge argus pheasants of tropical lowlands or foothills.(11) The relative relationships of Pavo to the peacock pheasant, argus pheasants , and African peafowl are still somewhat unclear, but it seems likely that Afropavo is the nearest living relative of Pavo.(12) Though the argus pheasant is not as colorful as its relatives the peacock and the palawock pheasant, it is still an interesting looking bird.(13) u2018We've photographed rhinoceros hornbills and great argus pheasants before but when we found that we'd photographed a Sumatran ground cuckoo, we couldn't believe it,u2019 said field leader Yoan Dinata of Fauna and Flora International Indonesia.(14) Wildlife include tigers, elephants, deer, Sumatran rhinoceros, binturong or bear cats, chirping drongos, hornbills, argus pheasants , and white handed gibbons, the only ape species in the region.(15) Male argus pheasants impress with an involved dance, spreading their wings to form a saucer for a finale.(16) I was surprised to see a crested argus there - this rare pheasant is believed to be restricted to Gunung Tahan and a few nearby peaks.
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1. argus pheasant


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