Palinurus

noun

Pal·​i·​nu·​rus

-rəs

: the type genus of Palinuridae comprising the European langouste and other Old World spiny lobsters compare panulirus

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, name of Aeneas's pilot, understood as from Greek palin back + -ouros -urus

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