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"the contractile wings of an insect"adjectivecapable of contracting or being contracted
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- muscle animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
- muscle one of the contractile organs of the body
- pupil the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot
- striated muscle cell an elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue
- muscle cell an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body
- musculus one of the contractile organs of the body
- myofibril one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber
- muscle fiber an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body
- myofibrilla one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber
- striated muscle fiber an elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue