interspace
Example Sentences
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The width of the interspace between the foramina is one-half the width of the vertebræ, though this character varies with different genera and species.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
Whenever a favourable interspace of this character occurred, the dragoons endeavoured to form and use the advantage it presented for effecting a charge.
From Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. by De Quincey, Thomas
An interspace of this kind is found in the bulb of each finger.
From Finger Prints by Galton, Francis, Sir
In all of these characters the southern sample shows trends towards the southern subspecies, deppei, which has fewer ventrals, fewer scales in the first interspace, and more dorsal body-blotches.
From A Taxonomic Study of the Middle American Snake, Pituophis deppei by Duellman, William E.
One imperfect specimen shows a long temporal region which is wide, and a very narrow interspace between the orbits; with a long face, indicated by the extension of narrow nasal bones.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
