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palinurus


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Palinurus 
  n  :  type  genus  of  the  family  Palinuridae  [syn:  {Palinurus},  {genus 
  Palinurus}] 




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