LACUNAE

LACUNA

lacuna, blank

(noun) a blank gap or missing part

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

lacunae

plural of lacuna

Anagrams

• canulae

Source: Wiktionary

LACUNA

La*cu"na, n.; pl. L. Lacunæ; E. Lacunas. Etym: [L., ditch, pit, lake, orig., anything hollow. See Lagoon.]

1. A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.

2. (Biol.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition