imperforate

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Anoestrus females are imperforate, and a vaginal orifice is present only during an active oestral cycle or in pregnancy.

From Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) by Fitch, Henry S.

In optical section "bubble-cells" have a certain resemblance to porocytes, but the cell is of course imperforate and not flattened.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

The Post Office Department were convinced that no irregularity could have occurred, but finally made an enquiry, and were, of course, compelled to believe the evidence of the existence of imperforate specimens.

From The Stamps of Canada by Poole, Bertram William Henry

Yet the catalog value of the latter is $2.50 against 36 cents for the wove paper imperforate alone.

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

Hohmann had an imperforate penis and a bifide scrotum.

From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles