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pluteus (s)
1. The free-swimming, bilaterally symmetrical larva of an echinoid or ophiuroid.
2. The free-swimming larva of sea urchins and ophiurans, having several long stiff processes inclosing calcareous rods.
This entry is located in the following unit: pleo-, plos-, ploto-, plot-, pluteus- + (page 1)
(Greek: swim, swimming, swimmer; sail, sailor; float, floating)