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Abaction means: Stealing cattle on a large scale.

Abactor means: One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves.

Abaculi means: of Abaculus

Abaculus means: A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements.

Abacuses means: of Abacus

Abaci means: of Abacus

Abacus means: A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc.

Abacus means: A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China.

Abacus means: The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. See Column.

Abacus means: A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work.

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Zyophyte means: Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeae), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells. Cf. Oophyte.

Zygomorphous means: Symmetrical bilaterally; -- said of organisms, or parts of organisms, capable of division into two symmetrical halves only in a single plane.

Zygomorphic means: Alt. of Zygomorphous

Zygomatic means: Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the zygoma.

Zygoma means: The whole zygomatic arch.

Zygoma means: The zygomatic process of the temporal bone.

Zygoma means: The jugal, malar, or cheek bone.

Zygodactylous means: Yoke-footed; having the toes disposed in pairs; -- applied to birds which have two toes before and two behind, as the parrot, cuckoo, woodpecker, etc.

Zygodactylic means: Alt. of Zygodactylous

Zygodactyli means: Same as Scansores.