Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Palinurus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palinurus \Pal`inu"rus\, n. [So called from L. Palinurus, the
pilot of [AE]neas.] (Naut.)
An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation,
the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the
compass
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Palinurus
n : type genus of the family Palinuridae [syn: {Palinurus}, {genus
Palinurus}]
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