Definition of Claspers

1. Noun. (plural of clasper) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Claspers

1. clasper [n] - See also: clasper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Claspers

clashy
clasmatocyte
clasmatosis
clasp
clasp-knife
clasp-knife effect
clasp-knife rigidity
clasp-knife spasticity
clasp arm
clasp guideline
clasp knife
clasped
clasper
claspered
claspers (current term)
clasping
clasps
claspt

Literary usage of Claspers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"GHP The "claspers" or modified posterior edges of the pelvic fins of Elasmobranchs have been made the subjects of study by HFE Jungersen.1 The skeleton, ..."

2. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1904)
"The lightest of all the seventeen larva? was included in this division ; in it, the dark colour was absent from the region of the anus and the claspers, ..."

3. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1875)
"THE authors of this paper called attention to the fact that while the so-called claspers of the sharks and skates had been generally regarded as having ..."

4. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1895)
"claspers long, inclined forward when at rest, furnished with numerous short ... Dorsal plate same height as claspers, wide at base, has no horizontal, ..."

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