'Palinurus' definitions:
Definition of 'Palinurus'
(from WordNet)
noun
Type genus of the family Palinuridae [syn: Palinurus, genus Palinurus]
Definition of 'Palinurus'
From: 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]