interdigital
Americanadjective
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found between the fingers or toes of a human or animal.
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Electronics. of or relating to a transducer composed of two sets of metallic electrodes, arrayed on a series of interlocking parallel strips.
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Predatory functional morphology in raptors: interdigital variation in talon size is related to prey restraint and immobilisation technique.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 18, 2012
All the feet have five well-developed claws with the toes on the hind-feet subequal, the first and fifth not greatly exceeding the others in length, the interdigital membrane not extending beyond them.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
Sometimes we find syndactylism, or palmate fingers, a continuation of the interdigital skin to the second phalanx.
From Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso by Lombroso, Gina
It resembles sheep in the minute structure of its hair, in its hairy muzzle, and in having interdigital glands on all its feet.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
But there are also adaptive and purely analogical homologies, such as the interdigital palmation of aquatic birds, amphibians and mammals.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
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