interspace

Example Sentences

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But the Porpoise has those premaxillary bones not so much in advance of the bones which carry teeth named maxillary, as placed in the interspace between them.

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

I have collected a handful of feeble relics—but I fear the small desert will too cruelly interspace them.

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry

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.

The Wanderer is double-walled, being built of well-seasoned beautiful mahogany, and lined with maple, having an interspace of about one inch and a half.

From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon

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.