OSCULANT
\ˈɒskjʊlənt], \ˈɒskjʊlənt], \ˈɒ_s_k_j_ʊ_l_ə_n_t]\
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Interosculant, connecting two higher groups by characters common to both. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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