CLASPER


Meaning of CLASPER in English

/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 + -ER 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .