loculus

In zoology: Same as air-chamber, 4.

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.

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.

One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.

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

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.

One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.

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

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