pluteus
noun
plu·te·us
ˈplütēəs
plural plutei
-ēˌī
also pluteuses 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
Word History
Etymology
Latin