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Denmark's Niels Bohr ingeniously yoked classical laws and quantum laws to predict the probable interorbital jumps of electrons.
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Bufo occidentalis has a broader interorbital area and relatively shorter and more rounded parotid glands than bocourti.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.
Its cranial measurements are: greatest length, 44.8; basilar length, 34.3; zygomatic breadth, 23.6; interorbital constriction, 6.2; incisive foramina, 6.5; length of maxillary tooth-row, 8.7; width of mesopterygoid fossa, 4.1.
From The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico by Alvarez, Ticul
In some specimens from the latter area rugosities are present on the borders of the interorbital triangle, on the snout, on the upper eyelid, and on the heel.
From The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America by león, Juan R.
Measurements taken of the skulls are: condylobasilar length, zygomatic breadth, interorbital breadth, lambdoidal breadth, prelambdoidal breadth, depth of braincase, and alveolar length of upper molar tooth-row.
From Subspeciation in the Meadow Mouse, Microtus pennsylvanicus, in Wyoming, Colorado, and Adjacent Areas by Anderson, Sydney
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