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Osculant
Webster's Dictionary
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(1):
(a.) Kissing; hence, meeting; clinging.
(2):
(a.) 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 genera.
(3):
(a.) Adhering closely; embracing; - applied to certain creeping animals, as caterpillars.
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Osculant'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/o/osculant.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Osculant'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/o/osculant.html. 1828.
