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plu⋅te⋅us

[ploo-tee-uhs]
–noun, plural -te⋅i [-tee-ahy] , -te⋅us⋅es.
the free-swimming, bilaterally symmetrical larva of an echinoid or ophiuroid.

Origin:
1825–35; < NL; L: breastwork, movable shelter


plu⋅te⋅al, plu⋅te⋅an, adjective
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pluteus

noun
a large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae; the shape of the cap resembles a roof; often abundant early in the summer 
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