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adjective

Suspensory adj.

Suspended; hanging; depending.

Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle.

(Anat.) Of or pertaining to a suspensorium.

noun

Suspensory n. That which suspends, or holds up, as a truss; specifically (Med.), A bandage or bag for supporting the scrotum.

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Etymology of 'Suspensory'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Suspensory" Quotes from Famous Books

... In order to witness it, we must open a window in cell upon cell until fortune deigns to smile upon us. The larva is hatched and already fairly large. Like the egg, it hangs perpendicularly, by the rear, from the ceiling; but the suspensory cord has gained considerably in length and consists of the original thread eked out by a sort of ribbon. The grub is at dinner: head downwards, it is digging into the limp belly of one of the caterpillars. I touch up the game that is still intact with a straw. The caterpillars ...

— The Wonders of Instinct • J. H. Fabre

... clusters that we found were in small chambers within decomposing fir logs. In each instance the eggs were suspended from the roofs of the chambers. The clutch of six eggs was a compact mass, and the individual suspensory cables of the eggs were intertwined and fused with one another. The clutches of four eggs, although they too were compact clusters, had each suspensory pedicel distinct from the others. The surface of the eggs was lightly moist, but did not glisten with water, and ...

— Natural History of the Salamander, Aneides hardii • Richard F. Johnston