Arguim
or ARGUIN (ar-gwim' or ar-gwin'), a small island on the W. coast of Africa, not far from Cape Blanco, formerly a center of trade the profession of which was violently disputed between the Portuguese, Dutch, English, and French, and is now claimed by France.
ARGUS. (1) In classical mythology, a son of Arestor, said to have had 100 eyes, of which only two slept at one time, the several pairs doing so in succession.
When killed by Mercury his eyes were put into the tail of a peacock, by direction of Juno, to whom this bird was sacred. Argus was deemed a highly ap- ARGYLL propriate name to give to a vigilant (2) In zoölogy, a genus of birds of the watch dog. (2) In zoölogy, a genus of birds of the family phasianidæ, and the sub-family phasianinæ. It contains the argus, or argus pheasant (argus giganteus). The male measures between five and six feet from the tip of the bill to the extremity of the tail, and is an eminently beautiful bird, the quill-feathers of the wings, which often exceed three feet in length, being ornamented all along by a series of ocellated spots. The name Shetland argus is given to a starfish (astrophyton scutatum). It is called also the basket urchin or sea basket.