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Pronunciation : Os"cu*lant
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. osculans, -antis, p. pr. of osculari to kiss. See Osculate.]
Definition : 1. Kissing; hence, meeting; clinging.

2. (Zo?l.)

Defn: Adhering closely; embracing; -- applied to certain creeping animals, as caterpillars.

3. (Biol.)

Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913