suspensor

noun

sus·pen·sor sə-ˈspen(t)-sər

: a suspending part or structure: such as

: a group or chain of cells that is produced from the zygote of a seed plant and serves to push the developing embryo into the endosperm

: either of a pair of gametangia-bearing hyphal outgrowths in fungi (order Mucorales) that extend from two sexually compatible hyphae and support the resulting zygospore

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Diagrammatic illustration of the electrostatic potentials created on the polyester suspensor and the scrotal sac. —