Edentate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Edentate \E*den"tate\, a.
     1. Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate
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     2. (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to the Edentata.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Edentate \E*den"tate\ ([-e]*d[e^]n"t[asl]t), n. (Zo["o]l.)
     One of the Edentata.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  edentate
       adj : having few if any teeth; "anteaters are edentate animals"
             [syn: {edental}, {edentulate}]
       n : primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of
           tropical Central America and South America