Definitions for "Adductor"
Keywords:  bivalve, median, limb, muscle, axis
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.
Any muscle that moves one part of the body towards another - or towards the midline of the body.
Any muscle which moves a part toward the median axis of the body.