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Often abundant early in the summer
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pluteus
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
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
Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
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.