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edentata
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun edentata has 1 sense
- edentata(n = noun.animal) order edentata - order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos; Array is a kind of animal order
is a member of eutheria, subclass eutheria
CIDE DICTIONARY
edentata, n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. from L. edentatus, p. p. of edentare to render toothless; e out + dens, dentis, tooth.].
An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; -- called also Bruta . The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking. [1913 Webster]
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