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

Bill long as head, lamellæ exposed along projecting edge of upper mandible; tail of sixteen feathers, short and rounded; hind toe very small, outer shorter than third, centre rather long; interdigital membrane emarginate.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.

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

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