abductor
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ab·duc·tor
(ăb-dŭk′tər)n.
1. One, such as a kidnapper, who abducts.
2. Anatomy A muscle that draws a body part, such as a finger, arm, or toe, away from the midline of the body or of an extremity.
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ab•duc•tor1
(æbˈdʌk tər)n.
a person who abducts.
[1840–50]
ab•duc•tor2
(æbˈdʌk tər)n.
any muscle that abducts (opposed to adductor).
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Noun | 1. | abductor - someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime seizer, shanghaier - a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship |
2. | abductor - a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line skeletal muscle, striated muscle - a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes musculus abductor digiti minimi manus - the abductor muscle of the little finger musculus abductor digiti minimi pedis - the abductor muscles of the little toe musculus abductor hallucis - the abductor muscle of the great toe musculus abductor pollicis - the abductor muscle of the thumb |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
abductor
n → Entführer(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
abductor
[æbˈdʌktəʳ] n → rapitore/triceCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995