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Argus vs Arcus - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between argus and arcus

is that argus is an alert, observant person while arcus is (medicine) a white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea.

argus

English

(Argus Panoptes)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Greek mythology) A fabulous being of antiquity, also called Argus Panoptes, said to have had a hundred eyes. His eyes were transplanted to the peacock’s tail. He was a servant of the Greek goddess Hera.

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    arcus

    English

    Noun

    (arci)
  • (medicine) A white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea
  • (meteorology) A low, horizontal cloud typically forming at the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow
  • (entomology) An elastic band around the base of the arolium, a pad at the end of the leg of certain insects
  • (palynology) An arc-shaped band of thickened sexine extending between two apertures on a pollen grain or spore

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    * arc * arcuate * arcus juvenilis * arcus senilis

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