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peloruses

peloruses is the plural of pelorus.

Meaning of pelorus

Noun

pelorus (plural peloruses)

  1. A device used to take a bearing on a distant object.
    • Light clusters, clear, deep, on the face of the radio gear…fans up softly off the dial of the pelorus…spills out portholes onto the white river.1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

Questions about peloruses

What is peloruses the plural of?
Peloruses is the plural of pelorus.

Words near peloruses in the dictionary

  1. pelorised
  2. pelorism
  3. pelorization
  4. pelorized
  5. pelorus
  6. peloruses
  7. peloruside
  8. pelorusides
  9. pelory
  10. Pelosi
  11. Pelosian

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