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Webster 1913 Edition
Edentate
E-den′tate
,Adj.
1.
Destitute of teeth;
as, an
edentate
quadruped; an edentate
leaf.2.
(Zoöl.)
Belonging to the Edentata.
E-den′tate
(ē̍-dĕn′tā̍t)
, Noun.
(Zoöl.)
One of the Edentata.
Definition 2024
edentate
edentate
English
Adjective
edentate (not comparable)
Translations
toothless — see toothless
member of Edentata
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Noun
edentate (plural edentates)
- Any mammal that has few or no teeth, but especially the anteaters, armadillos, and sloths of the former order Edentata.
Translations
mammal that has few or no teeth
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