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edentate
[ ee-den-teyt ]
adjective
- belonging or pertaining to the Edentata, an order of New World mammals characterized by the absence of incisors and canines in the arrangement of teeth and comprising the armadillos, the sloths, and the South American anteaters.
noun
- an edentate mammal.
edentate
/ ːˈɛԳٱɪ /
noun
- 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
adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the order Edentata
edentate
/ ŧ-ĕ′′ /
Adjective
- Lacking teeth.
Noun
- Any of various mammals belonging to the order Xenarthra (or Edentata), having no front teeth and few or no back teeth. The lumbar vertebrae have extra joints, which add support during digging. Sloths, armadillos, and anteaters are edentates.
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of edentate1
Example Sentences
An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa.
The palatines are edentate, but bear strong ridges throughout their lengths.
Tubulidentata.—The second suborder of edentates, namely the Tubulidentata, is represented at the present day only by the aard-varks, or ant-bears, of Africa, constituting the family Orycteropodidae and the genus Orycteropus.
The edentates not only included various ground-sloths, among them the megatherium, which was the size of an elephant, and the somewhat smaller mylodon, but also creatures as fantastic as those of a nightmare.
The palatine is small, curved anteriorly and edentate.
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