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pluteus


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Pluteus 
  n  :  a  large  genus  of  fungi  belonging  to  the  family  Pluteaceae; 
  the  shape  of  the  cap  resembles  a  roof;  often  abundant 
  early  in  the  summer  [syn:  {Pluteus},  {genus  Pluteus},  {roof 
  mushroom}] 




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