osculum

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ōsculum (“little mouth”). === Noun === osculum (plural oscula) (chiefly zoology) A small opening or orifice. [from 18th c.] (zoology, obsolete) One of the suckers on the head of a tapeworm. (zoology) The main opening in a sponge from which water is expelled. 2012, Sally P. Lees, April Hill, The Physiology and Molecular Biology of Sponge Tissues, Mikel A. Becerro, Maria J. Uriz, Manuel Maldonado, Xavier Turon (editors), Michael Lesser (series editor), Advances in Marine Biology 62: Advances in Sponge Science, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 30, Oscula are also thought to arise initially from a single porocyte (Weissenfels, 1980), but how they coordinate with other porocytes to form a larger osculum is still unclear. ==== Derived terms ==== osculum infame ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === lucumos, musculo- == Latin == === Alternative forms === ausculum (hypercorrect) === Etymology === From ōs (“mouth”) +‎ -culum (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈoːs.kʊ.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔs.ku.lum] === Noun === ōsculum n (genitive ōsculī); second declension a kiss Synonyms: bāsium, suāvium a little mouth (New Latin) a small orifice ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Synonyms ==== (kiss): bāsium n, suāvium n ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== ōs === References === “osculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “osculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "osculum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “osculum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.