interspace

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These scales are generally small, and placed symmetrically in close whorls, in an imbricated order, with each scale corresponding to the interspace between two scales in the whorls above and below.

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

In fresh specimens, the orange ring at the top of the peduncle, and the broad purplish interspace between the carina and other valves, are characteristic.

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

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.

Ah! the flowers cleave apart And their sweet fills the tender interspace; Ah! the leaves grown thereof were things to kiss Ere their fine gold was tarnished at the heart.

From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

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