CLASPER

clasper. Clasper, n. one who clasps, a thread of plants

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Clasp″er (?), n. 1. 1. One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril. “The claspers of vines.” Derham.
2. 2. (Zoöl.) (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.