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   lacuna

   /ləˈkjuːnə/

   noun

   • 1. an unfilled space; a gap: "the journal has filled a lacuna in Middle Eastern studies"
   • ▪ a missing portion in a book or manuscript.
   • 2. a cavity or depression, especially in bone.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin, ‘pool’, from lacus ‘lake’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. lacunal adjective
   • 2. lacunate adjective
   • 3. lacunose adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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