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Definition of Edentate
1. Adjective. Having few if any teeth. "Anteaters are edentate animals"
2. Noun. Primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America.
Group relationships: Edentata, Order Edentata
Specialized synonyms: Armadillo, Sloth, Tree Sloth, Megatherian, Megatherian Mammal, Megatheriid, Mylodontid, Mylodon, Anteater, New World Anteater
Definition of Edentate
1. a. Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf.
2. n. One of the Edentata.
Definition of Edentate
1. Adjective. Lacking teeth. ¹
2. Noun. Any mammal that has few or no teeth, but especially the anteaters, armadillos, and sloths of the former order ''Edentata''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Edentate
1. a toothless mammal [n -S]
Medical Definition of Edentate
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1. Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Edentate
Literary usage of Edentate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geography of Mammals by William Lutley Sclater, Philip Lutley Sclater (1899)
"CHAPTER XIV DISTRIBUTION OF edentate MAMMALS SECTION I.—INTRODUCTORY REMARKS As
is the case with most ancient groups, we find the various types of edentate ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1903)
"—A NEW SPECIES OF FOSSIL edentate FROM THE SANTA CRUZ FORMATION OF PATAGONIA.
By BARNUM BROWN. In the autumn of 1898 the American Museum of Natural History ..."
3. Journal of the British Dental Association by British Dental Association (1892)
"edentate Jaws. BY T. SCOTT FOSTER, LDSGlas., Mayor of Portsmouth. As instances
of total absence of permanent teeth are very rare, and by some are disputed ..."
4. What Words Say: A Practical Analysis of Words : for Use in Elementary Schools by John Kennedy (1887)
"... also the system of teeth occurring in an animal. p edentate animals, such as
the sloth and armadillo, are without, or destitute of, the fore teeth and ..."
5. University of California Publications. Bulletin of the Department of by University of California (1868-1952) (1910)
"1096, Univ. Cal. Palae. Col.), represented natural size in the accompanying
figures (figs. 1 to 3), is from the Figs. 1 to 3. Claw of an edentate (? ..."
6. Winston's Cumulative ... Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookby Charles Morris by Charles Morris (1918)
"Of terrestrial habits, the mylodon J JL tinct edentate mammalia, Skeleton of
Mylodon. obtained the vegetable food upon which it subsisted chiefly by ..."
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