lacunoseadj.
/ləˈkjuːnəʊs/, U.S. /ˈlækjəˌnoʊs/, /ˈlækjəˌnoʊz/ 1. Abounding in lacunæ:
a. Having many cavities or depressions; furrowed, pitted; spec. in Natural History.
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1816 T. Brown Elements Conchol. 155 Lacunose, having the surface covered with small pits.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 270 Lacunose (lacunosa), having a few scattered, irregular, broadish but shallow excavations.
1874 M. C. Cooke Fungi 56 These latter have either a smooth, warted, spinulose, or lacunose epispore.
b. Of a manuscript: Full of gaps or hiatuses.
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1894 R. Ellis Fables of Phædrus 9 The lacunose condition of both MSS. at this part of Book iv.
2. In combining form lacunoso-: lacuˌnoso-ˈfistulose adj. Botany having lacunæ and fistulæ. lacuˌnoso-ˈrugose adj. Botany wrinkled with irregular furrows.
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1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 655/2 Lacunoso-rugose, marked by deep broad irregular wrinkles, as the shell of the walnut, or stone of the peach.
1887 W. Phillips Man. Brit. Discomycetes 13 Ribs slender, solid, not lacunoso-fistulose, as in the preceding.
Derivatives
lacuˈnosity n. lacunose quality.
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1895 Athenæum 31 Aug. 290/2 The vocabulary conveys a general impression of lacunosity and inconsistency.
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