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Lacuna N Unfilled Space Interval Gap Fill Lacunae

Word lacuna
Definition n. An unfilled space or interval; a gap.
Sentence To fill these lacunae it is sometimes possible to fall back on the older material.
Source The Epic of Gilgamesh, Penguin Classics Edition 1999, p. xxvii

Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary

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