inoculation

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Mr. MacLeay himself never imagined such an inosculating creature: I suppose it will turn out to be some well-known bird, although it has quite baffled me.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

Near the Red Sea lies a chain of sand hills, which, by a natural system of grooves inosculating with each other, become vocal under changing circumstances in the position of the sun, &c.

From Autobiographical Sketches by De Quincey, Thomas

Parabiosis, is where different species of ants form colonies with inosculating galleries, and have their households strangely intermingled, but not blended.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Two large inosculating ring-plains are associated with the N.E. wall.

From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn

Schmidt represents it as a row of inosculating craters.

From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn