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plu•te•us
Pronunciation: (plOO'tē-us), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -te•iPronunciation: (-tē-ī"), [key] -te•us•es.
the free-swimming, bilaterally symmetrical larva of an echinoid or ophiuroid.
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