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 Charles Darwin
The reprinted "Eagle" Carrier's stamp was first sent out perforated 12, the original was, of course, imperforate, and the stamps upon the sheet were separated by colored lines.
From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by John Kerr Tiffany
The stamp is nearly square, and the specimens possessed by our correspondent are imperforate.
From Gambia by Frederick John Melville
The labels were normally perforated the usual 12, but the same journal for April 13, 1892 reports that a whole sheet had been seen in an imperforate condition.
From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Clifton Armstrong Howes
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 H. G. Seeley
