English Explanatory Dictionary

pluteus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A low screen between columns, especially one that surrounds the choir of a church
  2. The free-swimming larvae of echinoderms.

Word forms

pluteus pluteuses plutei

Etymology

From Latin pluteus.

Derived words

ophiopluteus pluteal
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