imperforate

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The inverse ratio of seven to one for a catalogue value would make the perforated stamp list $42 with the imperforate at $6.

From The Stamps of Canada by Poole, Bertram William Henry

One female trapped on February 19, 1950, weighed only 140 grams and was still imperforate.

From Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana by Fitch, Henry S.

In optical section "bubble-cells" have a certain resemblance to porocytes, but the cell is of course imperforate and not flattened.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

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.

In local conditions of imperforate hymen, imperforate cervix or ovarian disease, surgical interference is necessary.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various