单词 | oscule |
释义 | oscule|ˈɒskjuːl| [ad. L. osculum, dim. of ōs mouth.] A small mouth or mouth-like aperture or pore; spec. = osculum 3. false oscule or osculum, a pseudostome of a sponge.
1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 42 By injecting milk into its gastric cavity [of Rhizostoma], the canals in its arms, and their oscules can be rendered visible. 1846Dana Zooph. (1848) 645 In other species the polyps are wholly retractile, and leave only a small polyp-pore or oscule, marking their position. 1887Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 416/1 While in some sponges the original oscule is lost, in others secondary independent openings, deceptively like oscules, are added. |

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