English
Noun
en-noun|loculi
- A little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet.
- 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.
- zoology One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
- botany One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.
References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913
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