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plural adductors or adductores
(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 quotations examples
He has also shown that the adductor muscles of the dactyl are very strong and so arranged as to produce the effect , while the opposing muscles are slender
1908, Addison Emery Verrill, Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda