"cremaster" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kɹiːˈmastə/ [UK], /kɹiˈmæstəɹ/ [US] Forms: cremasters [plural]
Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ) Etymology: From Ancient Greek κρεμαστήρ (kremastḗr, “suspender”). Doublet of crémaillère. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|κρεμαστήρ||suspender}} Ancient Greek κρεμαστήρ (kremastḗr, “suspender”), {{doublet|en|crémaillère}} Doublet of crémaillère Head templates: {{en-noun}} cremaster (plural cremasters)
  1. (anatomy) A thin muscle attached to the testicles. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Muscles Synonyms: musculus cremaster Translations (thin muscle attached to the testicles): κρεμαστήρ (kremastḗr) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), 提睾肌 (tígāojī) (Chinese Mandarin), kiveksen kohottajalihas (Finnish), cremaster (Finnish), crémaster [masculine] (French), kólfvöðvi [masculine] (Icelandic), крема́стер (kremáster) [masculine] (Russian), cremáster [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cremaster-en-noun-sDLxuFgf Disambiguation of Muscles: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'thin muscle attached to the testicles': 98 2
  2. (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. Categories (topical): Zoology, Muscles
    Sense id: en-cremaster-en-noun-xoXaOMfB Disambiguation of Muscles: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 63 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 34 66 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cremasterial, cremasteric

Inflected forms

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