Crossword clues for pluteus
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pluteus
Pluteus \Plu"te*us\, n.; pl. L. Plutei, E. Pluteuses. [L., a shed.] (Zo["o]l.) The free-swimming larva of sea urchins and ophiurans, having several long stiff processes inclosing calcareous rods.
Wiktionary
pluteus
n. 1 (context architecture English) A low screen between columns, especially one that surrounds the choir of a church 2 (context zoology English) The free-swimming larvae of echinoderms.
Wikipedia
Pluteus
Pluteus is a large genus of fungi with over 300 species. They are wood rotting saprobes with pink spore prints and gills that are free from the stem.
Pluteus means shed or penthouse.
Usage examples of "pluteus".
They, moreover, built over the joists with small bricks as high as the protection of the plutei and vineae permitted them.