pluteus
noun
the free-swimming, bilaterally symmetrical larva of an echinoid or ophiuroid.
plutei
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pluralof pluteus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But when that part of the turret which was completed was protected and secured against every attempt of the enemy, they removed the plutei to other works.
From "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries by Julius Caesar
Armstrong pointed out to her the plutei upon which the great books rested, and to which they now remained chained as in the olden days, four centuries back, when they began their eternal vigil.
From The Spell by William Dana Orcutt
