Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abductor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abductor \Ab*duc"tor\, n. [NL.]
1. One who abducts.
2. (Anat.) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form
the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which
draws the eye outward.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
abductor
n 1: someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually
for ransom) [syn: {kidnapper}, {snatcher}]
2: a muscle that draws a part away from the median line [syn: {abductor
muscle}]
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