Dovetail slide as used in engineering. Top left: A commonly used construction with a screw for fine-tuning. Right: Two components A and B of a simplified dovetail slide. Bottom left: A vice with dovetail slide as used in workshops

 
 
  Part of: Drack M, Betz O (2022) A technomorphic conceptualisation of biological ‘constructions’ and their evolution. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 839-855. https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e86968