Meaning Cremaster
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The muscle that elevates the testicles as temperatures get colder or when the front or inner surface of the thigh is stimulated.
Source: plannedparenthood.org (offline)

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a series of hooks used to attach the pupa of a butterfly or moth to a twig or other structure. Read more on: Cremaster
Source: amentsoc.org

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A structure, much like a hook, on the rear of a chyrsalis, which helps to secure the chrysalis to a leaf, twig, etc.
Source: imnh.isu.edu (offline)

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Hooks on the pupa for attaching to silk pads.
Source: butterfly-guide.co.uk

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 cluster of small hooks, less often one large hook, used to grip pupal support in Lepidoptera pupa. Cross-vein:
Source: phsource.us (offline)

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Tiny hooks at the tip of the abdomen of a pupa, used to secure the pupa to a silk pad spun by the caterpillar.
Source: learnaboutbutterflies.com

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the stem by which a pupa or chrysalis hangs, at the abdominal or hind end of a pupa. It replaces the anal claspers in attaching the chrysalis to the branch or stem (or wherever the caterpillar chooses to make its chrysalis).
Source: monarch.org.nz (offline)

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The hind part of a pupa by which some species hang during pupation.
Source: nzbutterfly.info

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One or more hooks at the tip of the abdomen of a pupa that hook into a pad of silk laid on some supporting object. crochets
Source: lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au (offline)

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(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 caterpilla [..]
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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