clasper

[ klas-per, klah-sper ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that clasps.
(in insects, fishes, crustaceans, etc.) one of the modified, usually paired organs or parts by which the male clasps the female during copulation.

Origin of clasper¹

First recorded in 1545–55; clasp + -er ¹

In the male it is modified in connection with the so-called clasper.

Oh, it's a specially fast kind of racing-boat, built by Clinker and Clasper.

The males in Elasmobranchii and Holocephali have the distal end of the meta-pterygium prolonged into a clasper.

Clasper made a desperate spurt, and got nearly abreast of his antagonist, who won by a length, in 23½ minutes.

The dominie was aboard the Falcon just before the Clasper came in yestreen, and I saw him again after ye were brought here.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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