cremaster

Meaning

Noun

• A thin muscle attached to the testicles.
• 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.

Related

Similar words

• musculus cremaster

Origin

• From Ancient Greek κρεμαστήρ. crémaillère.