Example sentences from the Web for claspers

The pelvic fins in the male bear long grooved cartilaginous rods which are accessory copulatory organs or claspers.
The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds
It has a hump on the back of the seventh segment, and two more on the ninth, and possesses four pairs of claspers.
Butterflies and Moths|William S. Furneaux
This one also has humped segments, and the claspers of the thirteenth segment are imperfectly developed.
Butterflies and Moths|William S. Furneaux
The caterpillars of this family usually have humps on the sixth and twelfth segments only, and have two pairs of claspers.
Butterflies and Moths|William S. Furneaux

Its mouth and jaws have quite disappeared, and the legs and claspers are apparently gone.
Butterflies and Moths|William S. Furneaux

claspers

/ (ˈklɑːspəz) /

pl n zoology

a paired organ of male insects, used to clasp the female during copulation

a paired organ of male sharks and related fish, used to assist the transfer of spermatozoa into the body of the female during copulation

Words nearby claspers

clash, Clashing Rocks, -clasis, clasp, clasper, claspers, clasping, clasp knife, clasp-knife spasticity, class, class-A amplifier

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单词	claspers
释义	Example sentences from the Web for claspers The pelvic fins in the male bear long grooved cartilaginous rods which are accessory copulatory organs or claspers. The Vertebrate Skeleton\|Sidney H. Reynolds It has a hump on the back of the seventh segment, and two more on the ninth, and possesses four pairs of claspers. Butterflies and Moths\|William S. Furneaux This one also has humped segments, and the claspers of the thirteenth segment are imperfectly developed. Butterflies and Moths\|William S. Furneaux The caterpillars of this family usually have humps on the sixth and twelfth segments only, and have two pairs of claspers. Butterflies and Moths\|William S. Furneaux Its mouth and jaws have quite disappeared, and the legs and claspers are apparently gone. Butterflies and Moths\|William S. Furneaux claspers / (ˈklɑːspəz) / pl n zoology a paired organ of male insects, used to clasp the female during copulation a paired organ of male sharks and related fish, used to assist the transfer of spermatozoa into the body of the female during copulation Words nearby claspers clash, Clashing Rocks, -clasis, clasp, clasper, claspers, clasping, clasp knife, clasp-knife spasticity, class, class-A amplifier Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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