osculum noun3 •A small opening or orifice. •The main opening in a sponge from which water is expelled.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. — 2012 •(no longer used) One of the suckers on the head of a tapeworm. formsoscula