English Explanatory Dictionary

loculus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet.
  2. 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.
  3. One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
  4. One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary.

Word forms

loculus loculi

Etymology

From Latin loculus.

Synonyms

locule loculament

Derived words

locular proloculus pseudoloculus
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