Definitions for cremaster

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cremaster cre·mas·ter

Spelling: [kri-mas-ter]

IPA: /krɪˈmæs tər/

Cremaster is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 495 anagrams from letters in cremaster (aceemrrst).

Definitions for cremaster

noun

1. Entomology. a usually hooklike process on the posterior tip of a chrysalis, for attaching the pupa to a stem, twig, etc.
2. Anatomy. the suspensory muscle of the testis.

Origin of cremaster

1670-80; Latin Greek kremastḗr literally, suspender, akin to kremannýnai to hang

Examples for cremaster

Crotchets: the curved spines or hooks on the prolegs of caterpillars and on the cremaster of pupae.

The cremaster is a characteristic structure in the pupa of a moth or butterfly.

The cremaster, which is short, is bent upward at an oblique angle with the line of the ventral surface.

The pupa is fastened to this pad by a spiny hook or process, the cremaster (fig. 23 cr), on the last abdominal segment.

cremaster: a stout spine, process or hooked area at the hind end of pupae in Lepidoptera.

This hook-like projection is called the cremaster, and it serves a very important purpose in holding the chrysalis in position.