imperforate
Americanadjective
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Also imperforated not perforate; having no perforation.
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Philately. (of a number of stamps joined together) lacking the perforations usually separating individual stamps.
noun
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not perforated
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imperf. (of a postage stamp) not provided with perforation or any other means of separation Compare perforate
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anatomy (of a bodily part, such as the anus) without the normal opening
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It would probably be impossible to remove the perforation so as to make this stamp pass for an imperforate specimen and then it would lack the projection of the original.
From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by Tiffany, John Kerr
An adult female that appeared to be in oestrus on February 3, 1952, was imperforate on February 10.
From Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana by Fitch, Henry S.
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
The stamp is nearly square, and the specimens possessed by our correspondent are imperforate.
From Gambia by Melville, Frederick John
Hare-lip, cleft palate, hernia and imperforate anus are physical abnormalities which are interesting to the surgeon rather than to the pathologist.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
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