n. [ L. loculamentum case, box, fr. loculus a compartment, dim. of locus place. ] (Bot.) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. locularis. ] (Bot.) Of or relating to the cell or compartment of an ovary, etc.; in composition, having cells; as trilocular. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. loculatus. ] (Bot.) Divided into compartments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. locule. See Loculus. ] (Zool.) A little hollow; a loculus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. loculus cell + caedere to cut: cf. F. loculicide. ] (Bot.) Dehiscent through the middle of the back of each cell; -- said of capsules. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. loculosus. See Loculament. ] (Bot.) Divided by internal partitions into cells, as the pith of the pokeweed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Loculi [ L., little place, a compartment. ] 1. (Zool.) One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pos>n. [ L., holding the place; locus place + tenens, p. pr. of tenere to hold. Cf. Lieutenant. ] A substitute or deputy; one filling an office for a time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Loci & Loca [ L., place. Cf. Allow, Couch, Lieu, Local. ] 1. A place; a locality. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) The line traced by a point which varies its position according to some determinate law; the surface described by a point or line that moves according to a given law. [ 1913 Webster ]

Plane locus, a locus that is a straight line, or a circle. --
Solid locus, a locus that is one of the conic sections. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf. Lobster. ] 1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididæ, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda migratoria, syn. Pachytylus migratoria, and Acridium perigrinum, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the United States the related species with similar habits are usually called grasshoppers. See Grasshopper. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and the south of Asia as to devour every green thing; and when they migrate, they fly in an immense cloud. In the United States the harvest flies are improperly called locusts. See Cicada. [ 1913 Webster ]

Locust beetle (Zool.), a longicorn beetle (Cyllene robiniæ), which, in the larval state, bores holes in the wood of the locust tree. Its color is brownish black, barred with yellow. Called also locust borer. --
Locust bird (Zool.) the rose-colored starling or pastor of India. See Pastor. --
Locust hunter (Zool.), an African bird; the beefeater. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Bot.) The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases). [ 1913 Webster ]

Locust bean (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of the carob tree. [ 1913 Webster ]