Found 2 items, similar to palinurus.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Palinurus Palinurus n : type genus of the family Palinuridae [syn: genus Palinurus]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Palinurus Palinurus \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. [1913 Webster]