imperforate

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Another, weighing 200 grams on February 3, 1952, still was imperforate, but by February 27 she was perforate and appeared to be in oestrus.

From Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana by Fitch, Henry S.

The inverse ratio of seven to one for a catalog value would make the perforated stamp list $42 with the imperforate at $6.

From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong

In a young condition they are tubular, but not folded; and often, according to Prof. Macgillivray, either one or both are at first imperforate.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

The 2nd or 1851 issue, as it is called in the circular, actually consisted of two series, the imperforate and perforate.

From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by Tiffany, John Kerr

In local conditions of imperforate hymen, imperforate cervix or ovarian disease, surgical interference is necessary.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various