English Explanatory Dictionary

clasper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Anything that clasps.
  2. Any of several appendages, in insects, crustacea and fish, that are used to clasp the female during copulation.
  3. The tendril of a plant.

Word forms

clasper claspers

Etymology

From clasp + -er.

Derived words

claspered pseudoclasper
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