fluta

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

flūta, ae, f. [πλωτή, the floater],

a sort of large muraena , Varr. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12; id. R. R. 2, 6, 2; Col. 8, 17, 8.