Word Meanings - CLASPER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril. "The claspers of vines." Derham. One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea. One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on the anterior side

Additional info about word: CLASPER

1. One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril. "The claspers of vines." Derham. One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea. One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on the anterior side of the ventral fins of sharks and other elasmobranchs. See Illust. of Chimæra.

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• FEMALE
  A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant. (more info) 1. An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or
• ANTERIORITY
  The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority. Pope.
• GRASP
  1. To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of. Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff. Shak. 2. To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with;
• DEVELOPMENT
  The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• DEVELOPABLE
  Capable of being developed. J. Peile. Developable surface , a surface described by a moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of the generator intersect each other. Hence, the surface can be developed into a plane.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• TENDRILED; TENDRILLED
  Furnished with tendrils, or with such or so many, tendrils. "The thousand tendriled vine." Southey.
• DEVELOP
  To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value. (more info) voleper, to envelop, perh. from L. volup agreeably, delightfully, and hence orig., to make agreeable
• TENDRIL
  A slender, leafless portion of a plant by which it becomes attached to a supporting body, after which the tendril usually contracts by coiling spirally. Note: Tendrils may represent the end of a stem, as in the grapevine; an axillary branch, as
• CRUSTACEA
  One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered. Note: The body usually consists of an anterior part, made up of the head and thorax combined, called
• DEVELOPMENTAL
  Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ. Carpenter.
• FEMALE FERN
  a common species of fern with large decompound fronds , growing in many countries; lady fern. Note: The names male fern and female fern were anciently given to two common ferns; but it is now understood that neither has any sexual character. Syn.
• GRASPER
  One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds.
• COPULATORY
  Used in sexual union; as, the copulatory organs of insects. (more info) 1. Pertaining to copulation; tending or serving to unite; copulative.
• GRASPING
  1. Seizing; embracing; catching. 2. Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man. -- Grasp"ing*ly, adv. -- Grasp"ing*ness, n.
• GRASPLESS
  Without a grasp; relaxed. From my graspless hand Drop friendship's precious pearls. Coleridge.
• CRUSTACEAN
  Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous. -- n.
• GRASPABLE
  Capable of being grasped.
• AMONG; AMONGST
  among, AS. onmang, ongemang, gemang, in a crowd or mixture. For the 1. Mixed or mingled; surrounded by. They heard, And from his presence hid themselves among The thickest trees. Milton. 2. Conjoined, or associated with, or making part
• NONDEVELOPMENT
  Failure or lack of development.
• WAVINESS
  The quality or state of being wavy.
• REDEVELOP
  To develop again; specif. ,
• LEAVINESS
  Leafiness.
• HEAVINESS
  The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.