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clasper

American  
[klas-per, klah-sper] / ˈklæs pər, ˈklɑ spər /

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.

Etymology

Origin of clasper

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

Example Sentences

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Sometimes the pair of appendages has not a merely tactile jointed ramus, but is converted into a claw or clasper.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

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