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plu·te·us | \ ˈplütēəs \
plural plutei\ -ēˌī \ also pluteuses
Definition of pluteus
1a : a low wall or parapet in ancient Roman architecture especially : one used as a partition between the bases of columns
b : an ancient Roman reading desk or storage place for manuscripts
2
[New Latin, from Latin] : the free-swimming bilaterally symmetrical larva of a sea urchin or ophiuran distinguished by several slender anteriorly projecting processes enclosing calcareous rods
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