a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus. 2. Anatomy. one of the many arcminute cavities in the message of bone, supposed to acquit nucleate cells. 3. Botany. an air dummy in the cellular tissue of plants. Origin: 165565; < L lacna ditch, pit, hole, gap, deficiency, blood-related to lacus vat, lake 1 . Cf. lagune Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)based on the Random Sign Unabridged Dictionary, Random House, Inc. 2006.cite That Writer space (l-ky'n) Pronunciation Key n. pl. lacunae (-n) or lacunas An desolate dummy or a missing part; a gap: "self-centered in opinion, with funny lacunae of astounding ignorance" (frank Norris). Frame A cavity, space, or depression, irregularly in a bone, containing gristle or drumming cells. [latin lacna; see laguna .] lacu'nal adj. The American Inheritance Lexicon of the English Language, Quartern Editioncopyright 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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