imperforate

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An adult female that appeared to be in oestrus on February 3, 1952, was imperforate on February 10.

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

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

From The Stamps of Canada by Poole, Bertram William Henry

The acetabulum for the head of the femur is imperforate, being a simple oval basin, as in Chelonian reptiles and the higher Mammals.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.

It is a fact that he is "collected" like postage-stamps, though no published work of his has attained the price per copy of the imperforate twopenny Mauritius of 1847.

From George Cruikshank by Chesson, W. H.

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