Dictionary - Definition of PALUS

Definition: PALUS


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. One of several upright slender calcareous processes which surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Palus" is a common misspelling or typo for: pauls, palous, palpus.

Date "Palus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1566. (references)

Etymology:Palus \Pa"lus\, noun; plural Pali. [Latin expression, stake.]. (references)

Common Expressions: PALUS

Expressions	Definition
Palus (tribe)	The Palus tribe is one of twelve aboriginal tribes enrolled in the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. A variant spelling is Palouse which was the source of the name for the fertile prairie of Washington and Idaho. (references)
Palus Epidemiarum	Palus Epidemiarum (latin for Marsh of Epidemics) is a small lunar mare in the southwestern part of the Moon's near side. It lies to the southwest of Mare Nubium, and southeast of Mare Humorum. This feature forms a rough band of lava-flooded terrain that runs generally west-east, with a northward extension near the western end. (references)
Palus Putredinis	Palus Putredinus (latin for "Marsh of Decay") is an area of the lunar surface that stretches from Archimedes crater southeast toward the rugged Montes Apenninus range. This region is a nearly level, lava-flooded plain bounded by Autolycus crater to the north and the foothills of the Montes Archimedes to the west. The selenographic coordinates are 26.5° N, 0.4° E, and it lies within a diameter of 161 km. (references)
Palus Somni	Palus Somni (Latin for "Marsh of Sleep") is an area on the Moon of relatively level but somewhat uneven terrain that lies along the northeastern edge of Mare Tranquillitatis and the Sinus Concordiae. It has selenographic coordinates 14.1° N, 45.0° E, and has a diameter of 143 km. (references)
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Expressions	Domain	Definition
Asia Palus	Antiquities	Asia Palus (Asios leimôn). A marsh in Lydia formed by the river Caÿster near its mouth, and noted as the haunt of water-fowl (Hom. Il. ii. 470.). (references)
Maeōtis Palus	Antiquities	Maeōtis Palus (Maiôtis Limnê). The modern Sea of Azov; an inland sea on the borders of Europe and Asia, north of the Pontus Euxinus (Black Sea), with which it communicates by the Bosporus Cimmerius. The Scythian tribes on its banks were called by the collective name of Maeotae or Maeotici. The sea had also the names of Cimmerium or Bosporicum Maré. The Amazons are called Maeotides, as living near by. (references)
Mantiāna Palus	Antiquities	Mantiāna Palus. A great lake in the southern part of Armenia Maior. It was also called Arsissa. (references)
Oxia Palus	Antiquities	Oxia Palus or Oxiānus Lacus. Now the Sea of Aral; a lake or sea formed by the rivers Iaxartes and Oxus (Ammian. Marc. xxiii. 6, 59). (references)
Salapīna Palus	Antiquities	Salapīna Palus. Now the Lago di Salpi; a lake of Apulia, between the mouths of the Cerbalus and Aufidus. (references)
Satŭrae Palus	Antiquities	Satŭrae Palus. Now Lago di Paola; a lake or marsh in Latium, formed by the river Nymphaeus, and near the promontory Circeium. See Pomptinae Paludes. (references)
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For the Native American people, see Palus (tribe).

Palus is a tehsil Sangli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Palus". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: PALUS
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)	Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
Palus	14	Palus	14
Palus (tribe)	12	Palus (tribe)	12
Palus Epidemiarum	9	Palus Epidemiarum	9
Palus Putredinis	8	Palus Putredinis	8
Palus Somni	5	Palus Somni	5
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