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lacuna
lacuna:
see
lake
lacuna (n.)
"blank or missing portion in a manuscript," 1660s, from Latin
lacuna
"hole, pit," diminutive of
lacus
"pond, lake" (see
lake
(n.1)). The Latin plural is
lacunae
. Related:
Lacunal
;
lacunar
;
lacunose
.