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Loculus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Variant of locule.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet.

n. 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.

n. One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.

n. One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.

n. One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet; generally, in bot., anat., and zoology, one of a number of small compartments or cells, separated from one another by septa, as in the tests of foraminifers; specifically, in corals, one of the spaces between the septa of the calcified cup or theca.

n. In ancient catacombs and tombs of some types, a small separate chamber or recess, for the reception of a body or of an urn, etc. When the body had been placed in the loculus the opening was closed with a slab of marble, or was otherwise built up. See cuts under cinerary and columbarium.

n. In zoology: Same as air-chamber, 4.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal

Word Usage

"It was then placed on a stone shelf or in a niche known as a loculus carved into the bedrock wall of the tomb."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

cavum cavity bodily cavity

Cross Reference

archimedean loculus

Variant

loculi

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

loculament