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Osculum - Wikipedia
The osculum ( pl. : oscula) is an excretory structure in the living sponge, a large opening to the outside through which the current of water exits.
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osculum - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English nouns with irregular plurals · en:Zoology · English terms with obsolete senses · English terms with quotations · Latin terms suffixed with -culus ...
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Osculum - (General Biology I) - Vocab, Definition, Explanations
Definition. An osculum is a large opening in a sponge that serves as an outlet for water to flow out after it has been filtered for nutrients.
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‖ 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...
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Osculum infame - Wikipedia
Osculum infame is a witch's supposed ritual greeting upon meeting with the Devil. The name means the 'shameful kiss' or 'kiss of shame', since it involved ...
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osculum, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun osculum is in the early 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for osculum is from 1706, in Phillips's New World of Words.
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OSCULUM Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of OSCULUM is an excurrent opening of a sponge.
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Osculum - Oxford Reference
(pl. oscula). 1 The mouthlike aperture in the body wall of a sponge (see Porifera) through which water leaves the body cavity.
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What is the difference between “basium” and “osculum” in Latin?
An osculum is literally a 'little mouth' and could mean 'lips' as well as the kiss itself, among other things.
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OSCULUM definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
a mouthlike aperture, esp the opening in a sponge out of which water passes. Also called (rare): oscule (ˈɒskjuːl IPA Pronunciation Guide )
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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
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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...
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Stelletta kallitetilla
The consistency of the sponge is soft but tough, and it often has an osculum at the top.
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Tethya aurantium
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Unlike most other species of sponges, the openings known as osculum are difficult to see with the naked eye.
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