interspace

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In Rhamphorhynchus the jaws appear to gape towards their extremities as though the interspace had originally been occupied by organic substance like a horny beak.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.

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

Carina; the interspace between the carina and the scuta and terga is not wide.

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

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

At the fourth right cartilage or the third interspace, the dullness is from one to two centimeters from the edge of the sternum.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall