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Edentate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Edentate has 1 sense
- edentate(n = noun.animal) Array - primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America; Array is a kind of eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
is a member of edentata, order edentata
has particulars: armadillo, sloth, tree sloth, megatherian, megatherian mammal, megatheriid, mylodontid, mylodon, anteater, new world anteater
Adjective Edentate has 1 sense
- edentate(s = adj.all) edental, edentulate - having few if any teeth; "anteaters are edentate animals"
CIDE DICTIONARY
Edentate, a.
- Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf. [1913 Webster]
- Belonging to the Edentata. [1913 Webster]
Edentate, n.
One of the Edentata. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Edentate, adj. & n.
--adj. having no or few teeth.
--n. any mammal, esp. of the order Edentata, having no or few teeth, e.g. an anteater or sloth.
--adj. having no or few teeth.
--n. any mammal, esp. of the order Edentata, having no or few teeth, e.g. an anteater or sloth.
Etymology
L edentatus (as E-, dens dentis tooth)
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