Associations to the word «Cremaster»

Wiktionary

CREMASTER, noun. (anatomy) A thin muscle attached to the testicles.
CREMASTER, noun. (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.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.