What is adhering closely; embracing; -- applied to certain creeping animals, as caterpillars called?
osculant — (Zoöl.) Adhering closely; embracing; -- applied to certain creeping animals, as caterpillars. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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