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Webster 1913 Edition
Osculant
1.
Kissing; hence, meeting; clinging.
2.
(Zool.)
Adhering closely; embracing; – applied to certain creeping animals, as caterpillars.
3.
(Biol.)
Intermediate in character, or on the border, between two genera, groups, families, etc., of animals or plants, and partaking somewhat of the characters of each, thus forming a connecting link; interosculant;
as, the genera by which two families approximate are called
. osculant
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osculant (not comparable)
- Kissing; hence, touching or meeting; clinging.
- (zoology) Adhering closely; applied to certain creeping animals, such as caterpillars.
- (biology) Intermediate between two genera, groups, families, etc., and having some of the characteristics of each; interosculant.
- The genera by which two families approximate are called osculant genera.