pluteus

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noun

A low screen between columns, especially one that surrounds the choir of a church

OriginLatin pluteus ← Proto-Italic *pluto- →
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Meanings

nounpluteus (plural pluteuses or plutei)

plural pluteuses · plural plutei

  1. architectureA low screen between columns, especially one that surrounds the choir of a church
  2. biologyThe free-swimming larvae of echinoderms.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*pluto-
  2. Latinpluteus
  3. Englishpluteus

Borrowed from Latin pluteus.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pustule
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APA

pluteus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pluteus

MLA

“pluteus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pluteus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pluteus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pluteus.

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