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osculant

[ os-kyuh-luhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

osculant

/ ˈɒskjʊlənt /

biology (of an organism or group of organisms) possessing some of the characteristics of two different taxonomic groups
zoology closely joined or adhering

1810–20; < Latin ōsculant- (stem of ōsculāns ), present participle of ōsculārī to kiss; osculate, -ant

C19: from Latin ōsculārī to kiss; see osculum

That proximate circles or larger groups are connected by the intervention of lesser groups, which he denominates osculant.

In this scheme the osculant classes are those placed between the circles.

If each circle is regarded as absolute, the series is broken, though the osculant groups connect the circular ones.

Osculant: intermediate in character between two groups or series.

This is another osculant Order, evidently connecting the Coleoptera with the Orthoptera.

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