loculus

Meaning

Noun

• 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.

Origin

• Latin loculus