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.

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.

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

An interspace of this kind is found in the bulb of each finger.

From Finger Prints by Galton, Francis, Sir

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