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adductor
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noun
  1. (anatomy) 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.
    • Verrill:
    • : In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of the shell are called muscles.
Etymology: Latin, from adducere.

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