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edentate

noun

1 edentate

Primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America.

is a specific kind of: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal.

is a broader term that covers: armadillo | sloth, tree sloth | megatherian, megatherian mammal, megatheriid | mylodontid | mylodon | anteater, New World anteater.

is a member of: Edentata, order Edentata.

adjective

1 edentate

Having few if any teeth:
— Anteaters are edentate animals.

synonyms: edental, edentulate.

Roget 254: blunt, obtuse, dull, bluff; edentate, toothless.   

is similar to: toothless.

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