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& a. Scotch form of ABRADED. [ABRADE.] ab-ra-mis, s . [Gr. ἀβραμίς ( abram is ), gen it. -ιδος (-idos) = a fish found in the sea and in the Nile: po ibly the bream.] A genus of fishes founded by Cuvier, and belonging to the family Cyprinidæ. Three British species are enumerated by Yarrell: Abramis brama =the bream or carp bream; A. blicca of Cuvier the white bream or bream-flat; and A. Buggenhagii = the Pome rani an bream. All the species are inhabitants of fresh water. [BREAM.] ā-brăn-chi-a, s . pl . [Gr. à, priv., and βράγχια (branchia) = gills of fishes; pl . of βράγχιον (branch i on) = a fin, a gill.] Cuvier's third order of the cla Annelid a. As their name A branchia imports, they have no apparent gills. The order includes two families-the Lumbricidæ, Earth-worms, and the Hirudinidæ, or Leeches. or stantive). A species of the order A branchia. [A BRANCHIA.]