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What is the noun for clasping?

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clasper
  1. Anything that clasps
  2. (biology) Any of several appendages, in insects, crustacea and fish, that are used to clasp the female during copulation
  3. Examples:
    1. “The males in Elasmobranchii and Holocephali have the distal end of the meta-pterygium prolonged into a clasper.”
      “The dominie was aboard the Falcon just before the clasper came in yestreen, and I saw him again after ye were brought here.”
      “Wright had the better of the start, but in ten strokes clasper led by a quarter of a length.”
clasp
  1. A fastener or holder, particularly one that clasps.
  2. (singular) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Attach the clasp to one end of the bracelet.”
      “His leather-sheathed fingers kept a firm clasp on hers as he helped her alight.”
      “We embraced, a tight clasp with cheeks touching.”
clasping
  1. The act by which something is clasped.
claspings
  1. plural of clasping
claspers
  1. plural of clasper
clasps
  1. plural of clasp
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Alaina reached her hands down to her legs and unbuckled the clasps on her boots, letting them fall to the floor.”
      “In a case, along with a mesh of wormy buckskin, were three little locks of blond hair, held in beaded clasps.”
      “The fishing pole holder uses clasps that fit into the rails and keeps disassembled fishing poles secure during transport.”
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