1. A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: A small opening; a small depression or cavity; a space, as a vacant space between the cells of plants, or one of the spaces left among the tissues of the lower animals, which serve in place of vessels for the circulation of the body fluids, or the cavity or sac, usually of very small size, in a mucous membrane.
LACUNAL; LACUNAR
La*cu"nal, La*cu"nar, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or having, lacunæ; as, a lacunar circulation.
LACUNAR La*cu"nar, n.; pl. E. Lacunars, L. Lacunaria. Etym: [L.] (Arch.) (a) The ceiling or under surface of any part, especially when it consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed without spaces or bands between the panels. Gwilt (b) One of the sunken panels in such a ceiling.
LACUNE
La*cune", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A lacuna. [R.] Landor.
LACUNOSE; LACUNOUS Lac"u*nose`, La*cu"nous, a. Etym: [L. lacunosus full of holes or hollows; cf. F. lacuneux. See Lacuna.] (Biol.)
Defn: Furrowed or pitted; having shallow cavities or lacunæ; as, a lacunose leaf.