a. Phys. and Bot. [ad. mod.L. loculār-is, f. LOCULUS.] Having loculi.

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1847–9.  Todd, Cycl. Anat., IV. 121/1. The locular aspect of their divided surfaces.

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  b.  with defining prefix, as bi-, tri-, unilocular, etc.

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[1783, 1836.  see BILOCULAR.]

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1871.  W. A. Leighton, Lichen-flora, 17. Septate and murali-locular. Ibid., 21. Irregularly muriformi-locular. Ibid., 230. Spores fuscous,… 4-locular.

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1871.  W. L. Lindsay, in Q. Jrnl. Microscop. Sci., XI. 30. The sporidia of the Biatora are … sometimes 2-locular, though also simple.

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