Look up: Osculum


  1. osculum
    Type: Term Pronunciation: os′kyū-lŭm, -lă Definitions: 1. A pore or minute opening.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=63618

  2. osculum
    The main opening through which filtered water is discharged. Found in sponges.
    Found op http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/glossary_7.html

  3. Osculum
    a large excurrent pore that allows water to exit from the internal cavity of sponges.
    Found op http://www.coralrealm.com/viewpage.html?page=/glossary.html

  4. Osculum
    Os'cu·lum noun ; plural Oscula . [ Latin , a little mouth.] (Zoology) Same as Oscule .
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/37

  5. osculum
    Origin: L, a little mouth. ... <zoology> Same as Oscule. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?osculum

  6. osculum
    (os´ku-lәm) a minute opening.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  7. Osculum
    • (n.) Same as Oscule.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/osculum/

  8. osculum
    (from the article `sponge`) ...throughout the year. Sponges for the most part bear living young (i.e., are viviparous); the larvae are released through the canals of the ... ...of single spicule types to differentiate species. Other morphological characters include shape, colour, consistency, surfac...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/35

  9. osculum
    osculum 1. An opening like a mouth, through which a sponge expels water. 2. A minute opening.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1497/4

  10. Osculum
    The osculum is an excretory structure in the living sponge, a large opening to the outside through which the current of water exits after passing through the spongocoel. Wastes diffuse into the water and the water exits through the osculum at a velocity of nearly 8.4 cm/second, carrying away with i...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osculum

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