1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Osculant \Os"cu*lant\, a. [L. osculans, -antis, p. pr. of osculari to kiss. See {Osculate}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Kissing; hence, meeting; clinging. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) Adhering closely; embracing; -- applied to certain creeping animals, as caterpillars. [1913 Webster] 3. (Biol.) 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. [1913 Webster]
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