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Word: Pluteus
Speech Type: Noun
early 17th century (denoting a wooden frame used to protect soldiers during a siege): from Latin, ‘barrier, screen’. The zoology sense dates from the 19th century and is from the modern Latin genus name, so called with reference to its shape
ˈpluːtɪəs
the planktonic larva of some echinoderms, being somewhat triangular with lateral projections.
Short Definition:planktonic larva of some echinoderms, being somewhat triangular with lateral projections
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