Sentence:  Laurence M . Klauber put length at maturity at two thirds the ultimate length for some rattlesnakes , and Charles C . Carpenter 's data on Michigan garter and ribbon snakes ( Thamnophis ) show that the smallest gravid females are more than half as <WSD>long</WSD> as the biggest adults . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified