plutellidæ

pl. [Modern Lat. plutell (a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ.] Entom.: A family of Moths, group Tineina. Head rough, antenne stretched out in repose; anterior wings generally elongate, sometimes pointed at the tip; larva active, without a case. ( Stainton .) 3163 plû'-tě-ŭs, s. [Lat.] 1. Arch . The wall which was sometimes made use of to close the intervals between the columns of a building; it was either of stone or some material le durable. The latter method was adopted only in places under cover, whence that kind of building was called opus intestinum . The pluteus was also a kind of podium [A in illust.], intervening between any two orders of columns placed one above the other. The word is used in this sense in the description of the basilica and the scene of the theater. The pluteus has been adopted between every two orders of columns in the exterior of all the theaters and amphi theaters of the Romans which are known. 2. Military Antiquities : IMG:content-1245.png:[blocks in formation] made their approaches. 3. Zool.: The painter's-easel larva of an Echinus. ( Huxley .)