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noun
A thin muscle attached to the testicles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: musculus cremaster
Antonyms: none provided
noun
In the pupae of certain species of butterfly, a hook-shaped protuberance from the rear of the chrysalis casing, by which the caterpillar fixes itself to the pad of silk it has cemented to the underside of a perch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Ancient Greek κρεμαστήρ (kremastḗr, “suspender”).
Across languages
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