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cremaster
[ kri-mas-ter ]
noun
- Entomology. a usually hooklike process on the posterior tip of a chrysalis, for attaching the pupa to a stem, twig, etc.
- Anatomy. the suspensory muscle of the testis.
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Other Words From
- crem·as·te·ri·al [krem-, uh, -, steer, -ee-, uh, l], crem·as·ter·ic [krem-, uh, -, ster, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cremaster1
1670–80; < Latin < Greek kremastḗr literally, suspender, akin to kremannýnai to hang
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Example Sentences
The pupa is fastened to this pad by a spiny hook or process, the cremaster (fig. 23 cr), on the last abdominal segment.
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The tongue-case is long and projects for a considerable distance beyond the somewhat short cremaster.
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The cremaster, which is short, is bent upward at an oblique angle with the line of the ventral surface.
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Cremaster: a stout spine, process or hooked area at the hind end of pupae in Lepidoptera.
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Crotchets: the curved spines or hooks on the prolegs of caterpillars and on the cremaster of pupae.
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