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Definition of Oscules
1. oscule [n] - See also: oscule
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oscules
Literary usage of Oscules
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Fossil Sponges in the Geological Department of the British by George Jennings Hinde (1883)
"The margins are somewhat attenuated and rounded ; and the oscules extend close
to the edge of the wall. The examples are of various dimensions, ..."
2. The Fossils and Palaeontological Affinities of the Neocomian Deposits of by Walter Keeping (1883)
"The epidermal layer is often destroyed, leaving the vermiculate structure exposed.
There is no definite arrangement of the oscules. Localities. ..."
3. The fossils and palæontological affinities of the Neocomian deposits of by Walter Keeping (1883)
"On the inner surface the epidermal layer is dense and compact, pierced by an
infinite number of pore-like current-apertures (oscules). ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"REMARKS ON SOME CURIOUS SPONGES. the bottom of the fascicle, and its flattened
extremity with the large oscules at the base. This appears to be the general ..."
5. The English Illustrated Magazine (1905)
"Without going into detail, we may say that the large hole» in the top of the
honeycomb are TV* oscules, but rather correspond with the cups into which, ..."
6. Report Upon the Invertebrate Animals of Vineyard Sound and Adjacent Waters by Addison Emery Verrill (1874)
"The oscules are small and scattered over the surface. Color, when living, dark
red to orange-red; when dried, generally dark grayish brown or umber-colored, ..."
7. Guide to the Coral Gallery (Protozoa, Porifera Or Sponges, Hydrozoa, and by Randolph Kirkpatrick, Francis Jeffrey Bell (1907)
"... in fact, composed of contorted lamellae separated by labyrinthine spaces (Fig.
19) ; the large holes on the surface are not oscules, ..."
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