Retentor

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:39:48

Re*ten"tor (?), n. [L., a retainer.] Zool.

A muscle which serves to retain an organ or part in place, esp. when retracted. See Illust. of Phylactolemata.

 

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