Search Result for "abductor": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom);
[syn: kidnapper, kidnaper, abductor, snatcher]

2. a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line;
[syn: abductor, abductor muscle]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abductor \Ab*duc"tor\, n. [NL.]
   1. One who abducts.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

abductor
    n 1: someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually
         for ransom) [syn: kidnapper, kidnaper, abductor,
         snatcher]
    2: a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line
       [syn: abductor, abductor muscle]