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palinurus (encz) | Palinurus, |
Palinurus (gcide) | Palinurus \Pal`inu"rus\, n. [So called from L. Palinurus, the
pilot of Aeneas.] (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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palinurus (wn) | Palinurus
n 1: type genus of the family Palinuridae [syn: Palinurus,
genus Palinurus] |
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Palinurus (gcide) | Palinurus \Pal`inu"rus\, n. [So called from L. Palinurus, the
pilot of Aeneas.] (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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Palinurus vulgaris (gcide) | Sea crawfish \Sea" craw"fish`\ Sea crayfish \Sea" cray"fish`\
(Zool.)
Any crustacean of the genus Palinurus and allied genera, as
the European spiny lobster (Palinurus vulgaris), which is
much used as an article of food. See Lobster.
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genus palinurus (wn) | genus Palinurus
n 1: type genus of the family Palinuridae [syn: Palinurus,
genus Palinurus] |
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