osculum

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Noun

osculum (plural oscula)

1. (chiefly, zoology) A small opening or orifice. [from 18th c.]
2. (zoology, obsolete) One of the suckers on the head of a tapeworm.
3. (zoology) The main opening in a sponge from which water is expelled.

Translations

• French: oscule
• German: Osculum
• Italian: osculo
• Portuguese: ósculo
• Russian: оскулум
• Spanish: ósculo

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