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Webster 1913 Edition
Clasper
Clasp′er
(klȧsp′ẽr)
, Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril.
“The claspers of vines.” Derham.
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. See Illust. of
Chimæra
. Webster 1828 Edition
Clasper
CLASPER
,Noun.