imperforate
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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.
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.
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.
On the early imperforate stamps we find a similar postmark in black, but lettered "Gambia" above and "Unpaid" below.
From Gambia by Melville, Frederick John
Unused imperforate copies exist of all values in the following shades— Imperforate �d. grey-green. " 1d. pale crimson. " 2d. orange-yellow.
From Gambia by Melville, Frederick John
