abrachia (abrakia)

[NL., Gr. apriv. + L. brachium, arm.] In zoöl., absence of anterior limbs. a brach i us (a-brā'ki-us), n.; pl. abrachii (-1). [NL.: see abrachia.] In teratol., a monster in which the anterior limbs are absent, while the posterior are well developed. abradant (ab-rā'dant), a. and n. [OF. abra dant, serving to scrape, scraping, II. n. A material used for grinding, such as emery, sand, powdered gla , etc. abrade (ab-rād'), v. t.; pret, and pp. abraded, ppr. abrading. [ Dusty red walls and abraded towers. Lathrop , Spanish Vistas, p. 132. A termination is the abraded relic of an originally distinct qualifying word. J. Fiske , Cos. Phil., I. 66. = Syn. Scratch , Chafe , etc. See scrape , v. t. Abrahamic (a-bra-ham'ik), a. [L. Abraham,