英语词汇“claspers”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

claspers

/ˈklɑːspəz

plural noun Zoology

A pair of appendages under the abdomen of a male shark or ray, or at the end of the abdomen of a male insect, used to hold the female during copulation.No specimens with male claspers, either fully or partially developed, were detected....

In males, the first two pairs of thoracic appendages are hooked and serve as claspers during mating.
Note that the ‘rudimentary legs’ on some snakes are acknowledged as having a function during reproduction, as claspers during copulation.

单词	claspers
释义	claspers /ˈklɑːspəz / plural noun Zoology A pair of appendages under the abdomen of a male shark or ray, or at the end of the abdomen of a male insect, used to hold the female during copulation.No specimens with male claspers, either fully or partially developed, were detected.... In males, the first two pairs of thoracic appendages are hooked and serve as claspers during mating. Note that the ‘rudimentary legs’ on some snakes are acknowledged as having a function during reproduction, as claspers during copulation.
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