Usually means: Instrument for measuring relative bearings.
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  1. pelorus: Merriam-Webster
  2. pelorus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pelorus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. pelorus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Pelorus, pelorus: Wordnik
  6. pelorus: Wiktionary
  7. pelorus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. pelorus: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Pelorus, pelorus: Dictionary.com
  10. Pelorus (instrument), Pelorus (yacht), Pelorus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. pelorus: FreeDictionary.org
  12. pelorus: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. Pelorus: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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  1. Pelorus, Pelorus: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pelorus)

▸ noun:  A device used to take a bearing on a distant object.

Similar:
pole, palpator, sounding rod, portage, portlight, pinger, porthole, point-device, pulsator, pinule, more...

Opposite:
antipelorus, contrapelorus, reverse pelorus

Phrases:
Pelorus Jack, more...

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Similar:
pole, palpator, sounding rod, portage, portlight, pinger, porthole, point-device, pulsator, pinule, more...

Opposite:
antipelorus, contrapelorus, reverse pelorus

Phrases:
Pelorus Jack, more...



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