2. A representative, or chargé d'affaires, of the pope at a foreign
court or seat of government, ranking next below a nuncio.
This title was formerly given also to the Austrian envoy at
Constantinople.
In`ter*nun"ci*o*ship, n. The office or function of an internuncio.
Richardson.
||In`ter*nun"ci*us (?), n. [L.] Internuncio.
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In`ter*o`ce*an"ic (?), a. Between oceans; connecting oceans; as,
interoceanic communication; an interoceanic canal.
In`ter*oc"u*lar (?), a. Between, or within, the eyes; as, the
interocular distance; situated between the eyes, as the antennæ of some
insects.
In`ter*o*per"cu*lar (?), a. Of or pertaining to the interoperculum. --
n. The interopercular bone.
||In`ter*o*per"cu*lum (?), n.; pl. -la (-l). (Anat.) The
||postero-inferior opercular bone, in fishes.
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In`ter*or"bit*al (?), a. (Anat.) Between the orbits; as, the
interorbital septum.
In`ter*os"cu*lant (?), a. 1. Mutually touching or intersecting; as,
interosculant circles.
2. (Biol.) Uniting two groups; -- said of certain genera which connect
family groups, or of species that connect genera. See Osculant.
In`ter*os"cu*late (?), v. i. & t. 1. To kiss together to touch. See
Osculate.
2. (Biol.) To have the character of, or to lie between, two distinct
groups.
{ In`ter*os"se*al (?), In`ter*os"se*ous (?), } a. [Pref. inter- +
osseous: cf. F. interosseux.] (Anat.) Situated between bones; as, an
interosseous ligament.
In`ter*pale" (?), v. t. 1. To place pales between or among; to separate
by pales.