oscule
oscule is the obsolete form of osculum.
Meaning of osculum
Noun
osculum (plural oscula)
- One of the suckers on the head of a tapeworm.
- The main opening in a sponge from which water is expelled.
- I left them in that condition, and at 7 o'clock examined them again, when I found them still quiescent; but one of the two large groups of oscula and the new one were entirely closed, while the other osculum at the largest end of the sponge had opened to the extent of about one-third of its...1857, J. S. Bowerbank, “On the Vital Powers of the Spongiadæ”, in Report of the 26th Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, John Murray, page 444
Forms of oscule
| plural | oscules |
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Words formed from oscule
Questions about oscule
- What is oscule the obsolete form of?
- Oscule is the obsolete form of osculum.
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