interdigital

American  

[in-ter-dij-it-uhl] / ˌɪn tərˈdɪdʒ ɪt əl /

adjective

1. found between the fingers or toes of a human or animal.

2. 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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Example Sentences

Predatory functional morphology in raptors: interdigital variation in talon size is related to prey restraint and immobilisation technique.

From Scientific American • Dec. 18, 2012

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

The strong feet terminate in four very long toes deprived at the interdigital membrane observed in most of the Ciconid�.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 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

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