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loc·u·lus \ˈläkyələs\ noun (plural locu·li \-yəˌlī\) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, compartment, receptacle, coffin, diminutive of locus place — more at stall : a small chamber or cavity: as a. : a recess in an ancient tomb or catacomb for the reception of a body or a funeral urn b. (1) : one of the cells of the compound ovary of a plant (2) : the cavity of a pollen sac (3) : a spore-bearing chamber in the stroma of a fungus c. (1) : one of the spaces between the septa of the theca of an anthozoan (2) : one of the chambers in the shell of a foraminifer (3) : an egg case (as of a mollusk) (4) : a sucker on a haptor d. : a small sinus in a bone (as in the mastoid bone) |