Inosculation :: Inosculation (n.) The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; anastomosis; intercommunication; as, inosculation of veins, etc..
Interosculant :: Interosculant (a.) Uniting two groups; -- said of certain genera which connect family groups, or of species that connect genera. See Osculant..
Interosculate :: Interosculate (v. i. & t.) To kiss together to touch. See Osculate.
Interosculate :: Interosculate (v. i. & t.) To have the character of, or to lie between, two distinct groups..
Osculant :: Osculant (a.) Adhering closely; embracing; -- applied to certain creeping animals, as caterpillars..
Osculant :: Osculant (a.) 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..
Osculate :: Osculate (v. t.) To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2..
Osculate :: Osculate (v. i.) To kiss one another; to kiss.
Osculate :: Osculate (v. i.) To touch closely. See Osculation, 2..
Osculate :: Osculate (v. i.) To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant..
Osculation :: Osculation (n.) The act of kissing; a kiss.
Osculation :: Osculation (n.) The contact of one curve with another, when the number of consecutive points of the latter through which the former passes suffices for the complete determination of the former curve..
Osculatory :: Osculatory (a.) Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing.