Clasper
Pronunciation : Clasp"er
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril. "The claspers of vines." Derham.
2. (Zo?l.) (a) One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea. (b) 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 Chim?ra.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913