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pelorus definition

pe·lo·rus (pə lōr′əs, -lôr′-)

noun

Naut. a device for taking bearings, consisting of a flat metal ring, equipped with sighting vanes or a small telescope, that fits over a compass card or gyrocompass

Etymology: ? after L Pelorus, pilot of Hannibal's ship

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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