Adductor

Adductor
Adductor Ad*duc"tor, n. [L., fr. adducere.] (Anat.) 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. --Verrill. [1913 Webster]


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