imperforate

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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 stamp is nearly square, and the specimens possessed by our correspondent are imperforate.

From Gambia by Melville, Frederick John

It may also be occasioned by an imperforate hymen, in which case it must be cut open by a physician.

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

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.

For imperforate stamps in this series we find the 1 cent, yellow, and the 15 cents in a peculiar shade of brown violet.

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