pluteus
Definition of pluteus
plutei
\-ēˌī\ alsopluteuses
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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Origin and Etymology of pluteus
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