Osculant

os′kū-lant, adj. ki ing: adhering closely: ( biol. ) situated between two other genera, and partaking partly of the character of each.— v.t. Os′culāte , to ki : to touch, as two curves: to form a connecting-link between two genera.— adj. of or pertaining to ki ing.— n. Osculā′tion .— adj. Os′culātory , of or pertaining to ki ing: ( geom. ) having the same curvature at the point of contact.— n. a tablet with a picture of the Virgin or of Christ, which was ki ed by the priest and then by the people.— ns. Os′cule , a little mouth: a small bilabiate aperture; Os′cūlum , a mouth in sponges: one of the suckers on the head of a tapeworm. [L. osculāri , -ātus — osculum , a little mouth, a ki , dim. of os , mouth.]