cremaster

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A thin muscle attached to the testicles.
In the pupae of certain species of butterfly, a hook-shaped protuberance from the rear of the chrysalis casing, by which the caterpillar fixes itself to the pad of silk it has cemented to the underside of a perch.

/kɹiːˈmastə/ /kɹiˈmæstəɹ/

cremaster cremasters

From Ancient Greek κρεμαστήρ (kremastḗr, “suspender”).

musculus cremaster

cremasterial cremasteric

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