ˈplüd.ēəs noun
( plural plu·tei -ēˌī ; also pluteuses )
Etymology: Latin
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