plutei

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plutei - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pluteus \Plu"te*us\, n.; pl. L. Plutei, E. Pluteuses. [L., a
     shed.] (Zool.)
     The free-swimming larva of sea urchins and ophiurans, having
     several long stiff processes inclosing calcareous rods.
     [1913 Webster]