Hypertext Webster Gateway: "edentate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Edentate \E*den"tate\, a.
1. Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate
leaf.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to the Edentata.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Edentate \E*den"tate\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Edentata.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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 and South America
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