palinurus

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

palinurus(n = noun.animal) genus palinurus - type genus of the family Palinuridae;

is a kind of arthropod genus

is a member of family palinuridae, palinuridae

palinurus, n. [So called from L. Palinurus, the pilot of Æneas.].

An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass. [1913 Webster]