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–noun, genitive Ar·gus

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1.	Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.

2.	(italics) Classical Mythology. the ship in which Jason sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece.

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Greek Mythology The ship in which Jason sailed in search of the Golden Fleece.
Formerly, a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere, lying between Canis Major and the Southern Cross, now divided into four smaller constellations, Carina, Puppis, Pyxis, and Vela.

[Latin Argō, from Greek.]

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Argo

name of the ship in which Jason and his companions sought the Fleece in Colchis, in Gk., lit. "The Swift," from argos "swift" (adj.), also "shining, bright" (see argent; cf. also Skt. cognate rjrah "shining, glowing, bright," also "swift"). Hence, Argonaut "sailor of the Argo" (1596), from Gk. nautes "sailor." Adventurers in the California Gold Rush of 1848 were called argonauts (because they sought the golden fleece) by those who stayed home.

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noun
formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross; now divided into Carina and Pyxis and Puppis and Vela