AT RACHEL OUS

adj. ’s, Gr., dzpaxndos (from a priv., and rpéxnaos, the neck). Lat., at rachel us. Fr., atrachèle. Ger., hatslos, kurzhalsig. 1. Having a very short neck. 2. Having Bg neck (sometimes in the sense of no head—beheaded). [Galen (A, 825). ATRACIUS (Lat.), adj. $ )-ra(ra%)’si2(ki2)-u%s(uts), Of or pertaining to Atrax (a city of The aly). [B, 49.] See Ars atracia. A TRACT ASP I DIDÆ (Lat.), n. f. pl. A%t(a3t)-ra%k(ra%k)-ta%stare) pia eee eae family of venomous colubriform Ophidii ving a cylindrical, a short tail, the head short and not distinct from the body, and no teeth behind the poison-fangs. [L, 121.] ATRACTENCHYMA (Lat.), n. n.?/- kiXch?u®)-ma®, Gen., atractenchym'atos (-tis). From dtpaxtos, a spindle, and xépa, plastic material. A ti ue of spindle-shaped cells. {Morren (L, 73).]