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pluteus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pluteus has 1 sense
- pluteus(n = noun.plant) genus pluteus, roof mushroom - a large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae; the shape of the cap resembles a roof; often abundant early in the summer; Array is a kind of fungus genus
is a member of family pluteaceae, pluteaceae
CIDE DICTIONARY
pluteus, n. [L., a shed.].
The free-swimming larva of sea urchins and ophiurans, having several long stiff processes inclosing calcareous rods. [1913 Webster]
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