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clasper

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clasp⋅er

  [klas-per, klah-sper]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that clasps.
2. (in insects, fishes, crustaceans, etc.) one of the modified, usually paired organs or parts by which the male clasps the female during copulation.
Origin:
1545–55; clasp + -er 1
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clasp·er   (klās'pər)   
n.  

  1. One that clasps.

  2. Any of the appendages of the male of certain insects and crustaceans that are used during copulation to hold the female.

  3. A posterior extension on each of the pelvic fins of male elasmobranch fishes that aids in the transmission of sperm during copulation.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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