Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of mites, of the family Ixodidœ, having no eyes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian Argas, also called
Miana bug , isArgas Persicus ; that of Central America, calledtalaje by the natives, isArgas Talaje .
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Examples
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Argas, which also they say was a nickname of Demosthenes, was given him for his behavior, as being savage and spiteful, argas being one of the poetical words for a snake; or for his disagreeable way of speaking, Argas being the name of a poet, who composed very harshly and disagreeably.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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But the name of Argas, which also they say was a nickname of Demosthenes, was given him for his behavior, as being savage and spiteful, argas being one of the poetical words for a snake; or for his disagreeable way of speaking, Argas being the name of a poet, who composed very harshly and disagreeably.
Demosthenes Plutarch 1909
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i made these this afternoon on a whim and have eaten … nearly all of them.woops. argas Aug 16
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