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pe⋅lo⋅rus

[puh-lawr-uhs, -lohr-]
–noun, plural -rus⋅es. Navigation.
a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.
Also called dumb compass.


Origin:
1850–55; perh. < L Pelōrus, now Faro in Sicily, a cape which requires skill in navigation
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