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clasper |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clasper \Clasp"er\, n. 1. One who or that which clasps, as a tendril. ``The claspers of vines.'' --Derham. 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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 {Chim[ae]ra}.
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