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
Other Word Forms
- imperforation noun
Etymology
Origin of imperforate
Example Sentences
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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 Darwin, Charles
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 Fitch, Henry S.
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.
Yet the catalog value of the latter is $2.50 against 36 cents for the wove paper imperforate alone.
From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong
It is a fact that he is "collected" like postage-stamps, though no published work of his has attained the price per copy of the imperforate twopenny Mauritius of 1847.
From George Cruikshank by Chesson, W. H.
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