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Edentate

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lacking teeth. not-comparable

    "an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf"

  2. 2
    Belonging to the Edentata. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    having few if any teeth wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Any mammal that has few or no teeth, but especially the anteaters, armadillos, and sloths of the former order Edentata.
  2. 2
    primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from New Latin edentatus.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from New Latin edentatus.

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