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[ klas-per, klah-sper ] / ˈklæs pər, ˈklɑ spər /
nouna person or thing that clasps. (in insects, fishes, crustaceans, etc.) one of the modified, usually paired organs or parts by which the male clasps the female during copulation. Origin of clasperFirst recorded in 1545–55; clasp + -er1 Words nearby clasper-clase, clash, Clashing Rocks, -clasis, clasp, clasper, claspers, clasping, clasp knife, clasp-knife spasticity, class Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for clasperThe males in Elasmobranchii and Holocephali have the distal end of the meta-pterygium prolonged into a clasper. The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds Sometimes the pair of appendages has not a merely tactile jointed ramus, but is converted into a claw or clasper. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6|Various Oh, it's a specially fast kind of racing-boat, built by Clinker and Clasper. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 25, 1893|Various Wright had the better of the start, but in ten strokes Clasper led by a quarter of a length. Norfolk Annals|Charles Mackie
Clasper made a desperate spurt, and got nearly abreast of his antagonist, who won by a length, in 23½ minutes. Norfolk Annals|Charles Mackie
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