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retrahens

retrahens noun: a muscle that draws the ear backward.

Noun

retrahens

  1. A muscle that draws the ear backward.

Origin of retrahens

From Latin retrahens.

Questions about retrahens

What does retrahens mean?
Retrahens means a muscle that draws the ear backward.
What part of speech is retrahens?
Retrahens is a noun.

Words near retrahens in the dictionary

  1. retraditionalizations
  2. retraditionalize
  3. retraditionalized
  4. retraditionalizes
  5. retraditionalizing
  6. retrahens
  7. retrahent
  8. retraict
  9. retraicted
  10. retraicting
  11. retraicts

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