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Definition of: osculant
(os′kyə·lənt) adjective Biol.
1. Intermediate in character between two groups of organisms; intergrading: an osculant genus or family.
2. Closely adherent. [<L osculans, -antis, ppr. of osculari. See OSCULATE.]
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