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
The ulceration of the interdigital tissue may extend to the ligaments of the fetlock or produce disease of the joint or bone.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
On the other hand it agrees with Ovis in the form of its lower jaw, in the absence of beard and any odour, and in the possession of interdigital pores in all feet.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage
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
View of the interdigital gland; g. the gland; d. the duct leading from it.
From A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. by Blacklock, Ambrose
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