Meaning of EDENTATE
| Pronunciation: | | ee'denteyt
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- [n] primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central and South America
- [adj] having few if any teeth; "anteaters are edentate animals"
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| | Synonyms: | | edental, edentulate, toothless |
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| | See Also: | | anteater, armadillo, Edentata, eutherian, eutherian mammal, megatherian, megatherian mammal, megatheriid, mylodon, mylodontid, New World anteater, order Edentata, placental, placental mammal, sloth, tree sloth | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\E*den"tate\, a.
1. Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate
leaf.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to the Edentata.
\E*den"tate\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Edentata.
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