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Noun: clasper  klăspu(r)
  1. One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril
     
  2. One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea
     
  3. One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on the anterior side of the ventral fins of sharks and other elasmobranchs

Derived forms: claspers

Encyclopedia: Clasper