Look up: Palinurus


  1. Palinurus
    [genus] Palinurus is a genus of spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae. A 110 million-year old fossil, recognisable as a member of the genus Palinurus, was discovered in a quarry in El Espinal in Mexico`s Chiapas state in 1995 and named P. palaciosi. This is a complete list of extant speci...
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  2. Palinurus
    [n] - type genus of the family Palinuridae
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  3. Palinurus
    Pal`inu'rus noun [ So called from Latin Palinurus , the pilot of Æneas.] (Nautical) An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass
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  4. Palinurus
    genus Palinurus noun type genus of the family Palinuridae
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  5. Palinurus
    • (n.) An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass
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  6. Palinurus
    In Roman mythology, Palinurus was the pilot of AEneas on his voyage from Troy to Italy. He was said to have fallen into the sea off the coast of Lucania.
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  7. Palinurus
    [disambiguation] Palinurus can also refer to: ...
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  8. Palinurus
    Palinurus, in Roman mythology and especially Virgil`s Aeneid, is the helmsman of Aeneas`s ship. Later authors used him as a general type of navigator or guide. Initially denied proper burial, medieval authors such as Dante Alighieri used him to discuss the position of the body versus the soul. ==Pa...
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  9. palinurus
    1) Arthropod genus 2) Genus palinurus 3) Palinurus 4) Type genus of the family palinuridae
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/palinurus/1

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