Arʹgus-eyed.

Jealously watchful. According to Grecian fable, Argos had 100 eyes, and Juno set him to watch Io, of whom she was jealous.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Argantes
Argenis
Argentile and Curan
Argentine Republic
Argeo (in Orlando Furioso)
Argillan (in Jerusalem Delivered)
Argo
Argonauts
Argosy
Argot [Argo]
Argus-eyed
Argyle
Arians
Arideus [A-ree-de-us]
Ariel
Aries
Arimanes
Arimaspians
Arioch
Arion
Ariosto