Definitions for "Loculus"
Keywords:  loculi, tomb, catacomb, burial, niche
One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.
a recess or small chamber cut into a wall of a room in a burial cave for the reception of an ossuary or coffin. Plural: loculi.
(pl. loculi) - a sealed slot-like niche containing a burial in the catacombs
Loculus is a Latin word literally meaning little place and was used to indicate a satchel. Satchels were carried by legionaries, as a part of their sarcina or luggage.
Keywords:  anthozoa, septa, space, cavity, animal
One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal