loculus

/L AA1 K Y AH0 L AH0 S/

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; loculament.

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