pelorus

See also: Pelorus

English

Etymology

Reportedly the name of Hannibal's pilot.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɪˈlɔːɹəs/

Noun

pelorus (plural peloruses)

A device used to take a bearing on a distant object.
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
  Light clusters, clear, deep, on the face of the radio gear…fans up softly off the dial of the pelorus…spills out portholes onto the white river.

Translations

device to take bearing

Finnish: suuntimalevy

Anagrams

Sproule, leprous, per'lous, perlous, sporule

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