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la·cuna (lə kyo̵̅o̅′nə)

noun pl. lacunas -·nas or lacunae -·nae (-nē)

  1. a space where something has been omitted or has come out; gap; hiatus; esp., a missing portion in a manuscript, text, etc.
  2. Anat., Biol. a space, cavity, or depression; specif., any of the very small cavities in bone that are filled with bone cells

Etymology: L, a ditch, hole, pool < lacus: see lake

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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