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Origin of interspace
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at inter-, space
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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.
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.
My path lies on the interspace between religion and philosophy, that connects them both.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various
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.
It is in the upper part of the interspace which separates these latter from the brachialis anticus that the deltoid insinuates itself to proceed to its insertion into the humerus.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
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