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extractor definition

ex·trac·tor (ek strak′tər, ik-)

noun

a person or thing that extracts; specif., the part of a breech-loading gun that withdraws the cartridge or shell case from the chamber

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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