INTEROSCULANT

Etymology

Adjective

interosculant (comparative more interosculant, superlative most interosculant)

Mutually touching or intersecting.

(biology) Uniting two groups; said of certain genera which connect family groups, or of species that connect genera.

Anagrams

• nontesticular

Source: Wiktionary


In`ter*os"cu*lant, a.

1. Mutually touching or intersecting; as, interosculant circles.

2. (Biol.)

Definition: Uniting two groups; -- said of certain genera which connect family groups, or of species that connect genera. See Osculant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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