HyperDic: edentate

English > 2 senses of the word edentate:
NOUNanimaledentateprimitive terrestrial / terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth
ADJECTIVEalledentate, edental, edentulatehaving few if any teeth / teeth / teeth
English > edentate: 2 senses > adjective 1
MeaningHaving few if any teeth / teeth / teeth.
Example"anteaters are edentate animals"
Synonymsedental, edentulate
Broadertoothlesslacking teeth / teeth / teeth
Spanishedentado
English > edentate: 2 senses > noun 1, animal
MeaningPrimitive terrestrial / terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America.
Member ofEdentata, order EdentataOrder of mammals having few or no teeth including
Narroweranteater, New World anteaterAny of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack / lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
armadilloburrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates
megatherian, megatheriid, megatherian mammalA large extinct ground sloth
mylodonlarge (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocene in South America
mylodontidA variety of extinct edentate
sloth, tree slothAny of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America
Broaderplacental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammalmammals having a placenta
Spanishedentado
Catalandesdentat

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