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Definition of Oscule
1. n. One of the excurrent apertures of sponges.
Definition of Oscule
1. Noun. (zoology) One of the excurrent apertures of sponges. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oscule
1. osculum [n -S] - See also: osculum
Medical Definition of Oscule
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Oscule
Literary usage of Oscule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Druggist (1887)
"The fibres which are formed around the oscule in a more or less vertical direction
are called the primary fibres, and those which connect the fibres ..."
2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1870)
"... a series of very fine spines round the edge of the oscule, and another, similar
series on the upper part of the body, at some distance from the former. ..."
3. Guide to the Coral Gallery (Protozoa, Porifera Or Sponges, Hydrozoa, and by Randolph Kirkpatrick, Francis Jeffrey Bell (1907)
"B, the spicules ought not to have been drawn close up to the margin of the oscule ;
also the figure is too broad and the pores far too large. ..."
4. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1887)
"(j) Formation of the oscule.—The ectoderm at the summit of the hemispherical
gastrula rises up from the underlying endoderm, and a continually ..."
5. Annals of British Geology (1895)
"Subcylindrical, oscule circular, entire or furrowed, cloacal tube extending to
near the base, with wide canals opening into it; outer surface a delicate ..."
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