Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ichthyology, a clasper-part of a ventral fin modified as an intromittent organ, as in sharks and their allies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) A specially modified part of the ventral fin in male elasmobranchs, which serves as a copulatory organ, or clasper.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy A modified part of the
ventral fin inmale elasmobranchs , which serves as acopulatory organ , orclasper .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek a fin + diminutive of a foot.
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