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Loculus

noun
(pl. loculi)
1.
A small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal.  Synonym: locule.





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... south. No. 3 shows a peculiarity—two small pilasters of the rudest (Egyptian?) Doric, the only sign of ornamentation found inside the tombs; a small break in the south-western wall connects it with the northernmost loculus of No. 2. Furthest north are three bevel-holes, noting the beginning of a catacomb; and round the northern flank of the detached cone are six separate caves, all laid waste by ...
— The Land of Midian, Vol. 1 • Richard Burton


Words linked to "Loculus" :   locule, cavity, cavum, bodily cavity


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