loculus

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

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.

    Synonyms: locule loculament

Origin

Etymology tree Latin loculusbor. English loculus Borrowed from Latin loculus.

Forms

loculi

Derived

locular proloculus pseudoloculus