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te·nac·u·lum \tə̇ˈnakyələm\ noun (plural tenacu·la \-ələ\ ; or tenaculums) Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, instrument for holding, from Latin tenēre to hold + -aculum, suffix denoting instrument 1. : a slender sharp-pointed hook attached to a handle and used mainly in surgery for seizing and holding parts (as arteries) 2. : an adhesive structure: as a. : a pair of partially fused appendages on the third abdominal segment of a collembolan which holds the furcula in place b. : the claspers of a shark or a chimaera |