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osculum
‖ osculum (ˈɒskjʊləm) Plural -a. [L. dim. of ōs mouth.] 1. A kiss. osculum pacis, the kiss of peace.1612 Davies Why Ireland, etc. (1787) 35 The Earl gave unto each of them osculum pacis. 1706 Phillips, Osculum, a little Mouth; also a Kiss. 1727–41 Chambers Cycl. s.v., Anciently it was a custom in th... Oxford English Dictionary
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Osculum
Wastes diffuse into the water and the water is pumped through the osculum carrying away with it the sponge's wastes. The size of the osculum is regulated by contractile myocytes. wikipedia.org
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Osculate
In mathematics, osculate, meaning to touch (from the Latin osculum meaning kiss), may refer to: osculant, an invariant of hypersurfaces osculating circle wikipedia.org
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oscule
oscule (ˈɒskjuːl) [ad. L. osculum, dim. of ōs mouth.] A small mouth or mouth-like aperture or pore; spec. = osculum 3. false oscule or osculum, a pseudostome of a sponge.1835–6 Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 42 By injecting milk into its gastric cavity [of Rhizostoma], the canals in its arms, and their oscules... Oxford English Dictionary
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oscula
oscula pl. of osculum. Oxford English Dictionary
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Stelletta kallitetilla
The consistency of the sponge is soft but tough, and it often has an osculum at the top. wikipedia.org
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Tethya aurantium
Biology Unlike most other species of sponges, the openings known as osculum are difficult to see with the naked eye. wikipedia.org
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lipostomy
lipostomy Zool. (lɪˈpɒstəmɪ) [f. as prec. + -y.] Absence of a mouth or osculum.1880 F. P. Pascoe Zool. Classif. (ed. 2) 280 Lipostomy, absence of a mouth. 1888 Rolleston & Jackson Forms Anim. Life 793 The absence of an..osculum is known as lipostomy. Oxford English Dictionary
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Otavia
They are hollow inside, and have many small, osculum-like holes connecting the interior to the outside. wikipedia.org
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Peronidella
These sponges had cylindrically shaped walls, with a typical diameter of 2 cm, with a small platform at the top, showing the position of the Osculum. wikipedia.org
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Clathrina clathrus
Close-up the sponge can be seen to consist of a tangled mass of tubes (these tubes are thicker and less tightly knit than in C. coriacea and there is no osculum wikipedia.org
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Malleus Maleficarum (album)
Plague" Credits Martin van Drunen - vocals Patrick Mameli - guitar, bass Randy Meinhard - guitar Marco Foddis - drums Kalle Trapp - synthesizer on Osculum wikipedia.org
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Spongilla
Using their ostia and osculum these sponges filter the water for various small aquatic organisms such as protozoans, bacteria, and other free-floating The free-swimming larvae is released out the osculum and will eventually settle and attach elsewhere. wikipedia.org
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Clathrina lacunosa
There is an osculum at the apex of the sponge. Water-collecting tubes converge into one apical osculum. Colour white in ethanol and light beige when dried. wikipedia.org
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Giant barrel sponge
It is very large and firm, typically being barrel-shaped, with a cone-shaped cavity at the apex known as the osculum. Water is continually pumped into the sides of the sponge, through the sponge body, and out of the osculum at the top of the sponge. wikipedia.org
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