Meaning of PALINURUS
Pronunciation: | | `palu'nûrus
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| Definition: | | [n] type genus of the family Palinuridae |
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| Synonyms: | | genus Palinurus |
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| See Also: | | arthropod genus, crawfish, crayfish, family Palinuridae, langouste, Palinuridae, rock lobster, sea crawfish, spiny lobster | |
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| Definition: | | \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
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