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
adjective
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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
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
Mr. Howes states that the stamp, with all three colors for the sea, is known imperforate.
From The Stamps of Canada by Poole, Bertram William Henry
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.
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