Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a muscle that serves to lift some body part (as the eyelid or lip);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Levator \Le*va"tor\ (l[-e]*v[=a]"t[o^]r), n. [NL., fr. L. levare
to raise. See Lever, n.]
1. (Anat.) A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the
lip or the eyelid.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Surg.) A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed
part of the skull.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
levator
n 1: a muscle that serves to lift some body part (as the eyelid
or lip)