interspace

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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.

In some places, beds of coal or slate alternate with layers of the lime rock; in others, the interspace is clay and sand.

From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri

The independent patterns that appear in this interspace upon the bulbs of the fingers, are those with which this book is chiefly concerned.

From Finger Prints by Galton, Francis, Sir

The two bands near the carina become confluent on the peduncle, and sometimes disappear; the carina is edged, and the interspace between the two scuta, coloured with the same dark tint.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

In desperation she leapt across the widening interspace, and fell headlong and bruised beside him.

From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence