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adductor
CIDE DICTIONARY
adductor, n. [L., fr. adducere.].
A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor ; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose. [1913 Webster]
"In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of the shell are called adductor muscles." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
adductor, n. (in full adductor muscle) any muscle that moves one part of the body towards another or towards the middle line of the body.
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