interneural spines

pl. Spines supporting the framework of the dorsal fin. In o eous fishes they are generally shaped as in the interbæmal spines, like little daggers, looking as if plunged in the flesh up to the hilt. *In-ter-ni-ty, s. [As if from a Low Lat. inter nit as .] Interior ne ; interior presence. In-tern-ment, s. [Fr. interne ment .] Confine ment to the interior of a country as prisoners of war; the state or condition of being so confined. In-ter-nod-al, *In-ter-nōd-I-al, a . [English internod(e); -al; Lat. inter nodi (um), and Eng. suff. al . ] Bot ., .: Of or belonging to the internodes. "But the internodial parts of vegetables, or spaces between the joints, are contrived with more uncertainty." -Browne: Cyrus' Garden, ch. iii. In-ter-node, s. [Lat. intern odium .] Bot.: The space between two nodes of the stem. [NODE.] In-ter-nō-di-a, s . pl . [Pl. of Lat. intern odium .] [INTERNODE.] Anat .: The phalanges. They are fourteen in number-three for each of the four fingers and two for the thumb. In-ter-nod-1-al, a . [INTERNODAL.] *In-ter-nunçe, s. [Lat. inter -between, and nuncius =a me enger.] A means of transmitting me ages between two parties. "Intelligence is familiarly conveyed by the intern unce of pigeons trained up for the purpose."-Evelyn: Navigation and Commerce. In-ter-nun-ci-al (ci as shí), a . [Eng. intern unci(o); -al.] 1. Ord. Lang.: Of or pertaining to an internuncio or his office. 2. Physiol . ( of the nervous system): Transmitting impre ions between one part of the body and another. "A definite nervous system, whose action may be purely internuncial-that of calling forth muscular movements in respondence to the impre ions made by external agencies."-Carpenter: Mental Physiol ., § 4. *In-ter-nun-çi-e , s. [English intern unci(o); e .] A female me enger. "Iris that had place Of intern unci e from the gods." Chapman: Homer's Iliad, xv. In-ter-nun-çi-ō, s. [Pref. inter- , and nuncio (q.v.).] 1. A me enger between two parties. 2. An envoy of the Pope, sent to small states or republics, as distinguished from a nuncio, who represents him at the courts of emperors and kings. "The internuncio at Bru els proceeded to censure those that were for it, as enemies to the papal authority." -Burnet: Own Times (an. 1662). In-ter-nun'-çi-o-ship, s. -ship . [Eng. internuncio ; 1. The office of an internuncio. 2. The agency of any me enger. "Several billets pa ed by the internuncio ship of Dorcas."- Richardson: Clari a, v. 6. In-ter-ō-ce-ăn-Ic (ce as shě), a . [Pref. inter- , and Eng.oceanic .] Between two oceans. In-ter-oc-u-lar, a. [Pref. inter- , and English ocular.] Anat. & Entom .: Situated between the eyes. In-ter-o-per-cu-lar, a . [Mod. Lat. interoper cul ( um ), and Eng. suff. -ar.] Compar . Anat . & Ichthy . Of or belonging to the inter operculum (q. v.). inter opercular-bone, s. Compar . Anat . & Ichthy .: [INTER OPERCULUM.] In-ter-o-per-cu-lum, s. [Pref. inter- , and Lat. operculum (q. v.).] Compar . Anat . & Ichthy .: One of the four por tions of which the gill-cover of a fish is composed. It is articulated to the pre-opercular one above, to the sub-opercular behind, and usually to the back part of a mandible of some fishes. Called also Inter opercular Bone.