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(1):

(a.) Kissing; hence, meeting; clinging.

(2):

(a.) Intermediate in character, or on the border, between two genera, groups, families, etc., of animals or plants, and partaking somewhat of the characters of each, thus forming a connecting link; interosculant; as, the genera by which two families approximate are called osculant genera.

(3):

(a.) Adhering closely; embracing; - applied to certain creeping animals, as caterpillars.