What is to have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant called?
osculate — (Biol.) To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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