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Loculus vs Locular - What's the difference?

loculus | locular |

As a noun loculus

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

As an adjective locular is

having a loculus or compartment.

loculus

English

Noun

(loculi)
  • 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.
  • (zoology) One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
  • (botany) One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.

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    locular

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a loculus or compartment.