pluteus

noun

plu·​te·​us

ˈplütēəs

plural plutei

-ēˌī

also pluteuses

1

a

: 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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Etymology

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