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
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 Fitch, Henry S.
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
The stamp is nearly square, and the specimens possessed by our correspondent are imperforate.
From Gambia by Melville, Frederick John
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
