imperforate
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Rhabdamminina, rab-da-mi-nī′na, n. a group of marine imperforate foraminiferous protozoans.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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
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
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 Charles Darwin
All values are known entirely imperforate, the 3c in this condition being first recorded in the Philatelic Record for December, 1882.
From The Stamps of Canada by Bertram William Henry Poole
