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claspers [ˈklɑːspəz]

pl n Zoology

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a paired organ of male insects, used to clasp the female during copulation

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a paired organ of male sharks and related fish, used to assist the transfer of spermatozoa into the body of the female during copulation

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clasp insect Pterygopodium puss moth			Long said that the claspers were used by the ancient fish, an extinct class of armoured fish called placoderms, to grip inside the female while they were mating. Scientists find 'world's oldest willy' by Asian News International Now the family face forking out thousands to get it finished and a row has broken out between the Claspers and builder Frank Cooper who started work on the extension. Dream home ordeal by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) In this boat, the Claspers won a pounds 50 price at the Royal Thames Regatta in 1844 and might have wrested the championship away from the Thames rowers if Richard hadn't made a slight navigational error. Oarsome feat of a sporting hero by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			Clarke clarkia Clarksburg Clarkson Clarksville claro Claro-obscuro Clarre clarsach Clart clarthead clarts clarty clary clary sage Clary water clash Clash gear clashing Clashingly clasp clasp knife Clasp lock clasper Claspered claspers clasping class class A drug class Acrasiomycetes class act class Actinozoa class action class Amphibia class Angiospermae class Anthoceropsida class Anthozoa class Aphasmidia class Arachnida class Archiannelida class Ascidiaceae class Ascomycetes class Asteroidea class Aves class B drug class Bacillariophyceae class Basidiomycetes class Bivalvia class Bryopsida class C drug class Cephalopoda			clasp to clasp together clasp torsion clasp torsion clasp torsion clasp torsion clasp-knife reflex clasp-knife reflex clasp-knife reflex clasp-knife reflex clasp-knife release clasp-knife rigidity clasp-knife rigidity clasp-knife rigidity clasp-knife spasticity clasp-knife spasticity clasp-knife spasticity clasped clasped clasped clasped clasped hands clasped hands clasped hands clasped hands clasper clasper clasper Claspered Claspered claspers clasping clasping clasping clasping clasping buttress clasping hands clasping hands clasping hands clasping hands Claspknife Claspknife CLASPO clasps clasps clasps clasps clasps hands clasps hands clasps hands clasps hands class class class class class class class Class (biology) Class (biology) Class (biology)

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