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Noun
en-noun
- anatomy A thin muscle attached to the testicles.
- zoology 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.
Synonyms
musculus cremaster
Derived terms
cremasterial
cremasteric
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