pluteus
[ ploo-tee-uhs ]
/ ˈplu ti əs /
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noun, plural plu·te·i [ploo-tee-ahy], /ˈplu tiˌaɪ/, plu·te·us·es.
the free-swimming, bilaterally symmetrical larva of an echinoid or ophiuroid.
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Origin of pluteus
1825–35; <New Latin; Latin: breastwork, movable shelter
OTHER WORDS FROM pluteus
plu·te·al, plu·te·an, adjectiveWords nearby pluteus
plus-size, plus tick, Plutarch, Plutarchian, Plutarch's Lives, pluteus, plutino, Pluto, plutocracy, plutocrat, plutocratic
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