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Loculus

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet.
  2. 2
    a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal wordnet
  3. 3
    In ancient catacombs and tombs of some types, a small separate chamber or recess cut into the rock, for the reception of a body or urn.
  4. 4
    One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
  5. 5
    One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary.

Etymology

From Latin loculus.

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