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Encyclopedia > Clasper

In biology, clasper is a body part of male insects that is used to hold the female during copulation.


Male sharks also have claspers, which developed from their pelvic fins.


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Valva - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (90 words)
The claspers of a wobbegong shark (Orectolobus maculatus).
In biology, a clasper or valva (plural valvae) is a body part of male insects that is used to hold the female during copulation.
Male cartilaginous fish also have claspers, which developed from their pelvic fins.
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Clasper's home is in the Hertfordshire commuter belt, midway between Heathrow and Luton airports and a fairway from the flightpath of any commercial jets.
Clasper says BAA told locals a runway would be "politically and environmentally difficult" - which, he admits, is still the case.
Clasper was never much of an aviation anorak, although he does know his way around airports, from his time as worldwide boss of P&G's homecare products.
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