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That proximate circles or larger groups are connected by the intervention of lesser groups, which he denominates osculant.
AN INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY: VOL. III (OF 4)WILLIAM KIRBYIn this scheme the osculant classes are those placed between the circles.
AN INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY: VOL. III (OF 4)WILLIAM KIRBYIf each circle is regarded as absolute, the series is broken, though the osculant groups connect the circular ones.
AN INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY: VOL. IV (OF 4)WILLIAM KIRBYOsculant: intermediate in character between two groups or series.
EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN ENTOMOLOGYJOHN. B. SMITHThis is another osculant Order, evidently connecting the Coleoptera with the Orthoptera.
AN INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY: VOL. IV (OF 4)WILLIAM KIRBYThis is an osculant Order, and is distinguished from the other Aptera L. in undergoing a regular metamorphosis.
AN INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY: VOL. IV (OF 4)WILLIAM KIRBYWORDS RELATED TO OSCULANT
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