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pe·lo·rus (pə lōrəs, -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

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