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Clasper
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noun
Clasper
n.
1.
One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril.
"The claspers of vines."
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea.
(b)
One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on the anterior side of the ventral fins of sharks and other elasmobranchs.
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