Cremaster

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cremaster \Cre*mas"ter\ (kr?-m?s"t?r), n. [NL., from Gr. ???,
     fr. ???? to hang.]
     1. (Anat.) A thin muscle which serves to draw up the
        testicle.
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     2. (Zool.) The apex of the last abdominal segment of an
        insect.
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