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 Henry S. Fitch
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 Henry S. Fitch
The margin is rounded, and both surfaces are deeply concave though imperforate.
From Some Observations on the Ethnography and Archaeology of the American Aborigines by Samuel George Morton
One female trapped on February 19, 1950, weighed only 140 grams and was still imperforate.
From Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana by Henry S. Fitch
The reprinted three cents has the outer top and bottom lines of the original imperforate stamp.
From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by John Kerr Tiffany
