Interosculant

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Interosculant \In`ter*os"cu*lant\, a.
     1. Mutually touching or intersecting; as, interosculant
        circles.
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     2. (Biol.) Uniting two groups; -- said of certain genera


        which connect family groups, or of species that connect
        genera. See {Osculant}.
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