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 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.

One imperfect specimen shows a long temporal region which is wide, and a very narrow interspace between the orbits; with a long face, indicated by the extension of narrow nasal bones.

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

The topmost boundary of the interspace is formed by the lowermost arch, and its lowermost boundary by the topmost straight ridge.

From Finger Prints by Galton, Francis, Sir

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

From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence