clasper

clasper
/klas"peuhr, klah"speuhr/, n.
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.
[1545-55; CLASP + -ER1]

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