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os⋅cu⋅lum

  [os-kyuh-luhm]
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–noun, plural -la  [-luh] .
a small mouthlike aperture, as of a sponge.
Origin:
1605–15; < NL, L ōsculum, equiv. to ōs mouth + -culum -cule 1
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os·cu·lum   (ŏs'kyə-ləm)   
n.   pl. os·cu·la (-kyə-lə) also os·cules
The mouthlike opening in a sponge, used to expel water.

[Latin ōsculum, diminutive of ōs, mouth; see ōs- in Indo-European roots.]
os'cu·lar adj.
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osculum os·cu·lum (ŏs'kyə-ləm)
n. pl. os·cu·la (-lə)
A pore or minute opening.

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