Pelorus

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɪˈlɔːrÉ™s/

Origin

Reportedly the name of Hannibal pilot.

Full definition of pelorus

Noun

1. A device used to take a bearing on a distant object.
• 1973: 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. — Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

Anagrams

• leprous, sporule