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edentate
e·den·tate E0037800 (ē-dĕn′tāt′)adj.1. Lacking teeth.2. Of or belonging to the former order Edentata of mammals having few or no teeth, including the anteaters, armadillos, and sloths. These animals have been reclassified in the order Xenarthra.n. A member of the former order Edentata.
[Latin ēdentātus, past participle of ēdentāre, to knock out the teeth : ē-, ex-, ex- + dēns, dent-, tooth; see dent- in Indo-European roots.]edentate (iːˈdɛnteɪt) n (Animals) any of the placental mammals that constitute the order Edentata, which inhabit tropical regions of Central and South America. The order includes anteaters, sloths, and armadillosadj (Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the order Edentata[C19: from Latin ēdentātus lacking teeth, from ēdentāre to render toothless, from e- out + dēns tooth]e•den•tate (iˈdɛn teɪt)
adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the Edentata, an order of New World mammals characterized by a reduced number of teeth and comprising armadillos, sloths, and anteaters. 2. toothless. n. 3. an edentate mammal. [1820–30; < Latin ēdentātus deprived of teeth =ē- e- + dent-, s. of dēns tooth + -ātus -ate1] e·den·tate (ē-dĕn′tāt′)Adjective Lacking teeth.Noun Any of various mammals having few or no teeth. Sloths, armadillos, and anteaters are edentates.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | edentate - primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South Americaeutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupialsEdentata, order Edentata - order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillosarmadillo - burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny platestree sloth, sloth - any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruitsmegatherian, megatherian mammal, megatheriid - a large extinct ground slothmylodontid - a variety of extinct edentatemylodon - large (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocene in South AmericaNew World anteater, anteater - any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites | | Adj. | 1. | edentate - having few if any teeth; "anteaters are edentate animals"edental, edentulatetoothless - lacking teeth; "most birds are toothless"; "a toothless old crone" |
Translationsedentate
edentate any of the placental mammals that constitute the order Edentata, which inhabit tropical regions of Central and South America. The order includes anteaters, sloths, and armadillos edentate[ē′den‚tāt] (vertebrate zoology) Lacking teeth. Any member of the Edentata. edentate
e·den·tu·lous (ē-den'tyū-lŭs), Toothless, having lost the natural teeth. Synonym(s): agomphious, edentate [L. edentulus, toothless] edentate (ē-dĕn′tāt′)adj. Lacking teeth.e·den·tu·lous (ē-den'tyū-lŭs) Toothless, having lost the natural teeth.
Synonym(s): edentate. [L. edentulus, toothless]edentate any of the placental mammals that constitute the order Edentata. Edentates are primitive mammals, lacking teeth or having only peg-like teeth from which enamel is absent, for example, sloths, anteaters, armadillos.e·den·tu·lous (ē-den'tyū-lŭs) Toothless, having lost the natural teeth.
Synonym(s): agomphious, edentate. [L. edentulus, toothless]edentate
Synonyms for edentatenoun primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teethRelated Words- eutherian
- eutherian mammal
- placental
- placental mammal
- Edentata
- order Edentata
- armadillo
- tree sloth
- sloth
- megatherian
- megatherian mammal
- megatheriid
- mylodontid
- mylodon
- New World anteater
- anteater
adj having few if any teethSynonymsRelated Words |