Palinurus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Palinurus
       n : type genus of the family Palinuridae [syn: {genus Palinurus}]