pluteus

noun — 2 senses

pluteus

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Latin pluteus.

1

Architecture A low screen between columns, especially one that surrounds the choir of a church

2

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology The free-swimming larvae of echinoderms.

Derived terms
ophiopluteus, pluteal

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