Definition of "loculus" in English

noun

1. A little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet.

2. 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.

3. (zoology) One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.

4. (botany) One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary.