edentate

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The Glyptodon was a mailed edentate, eight feet long, resembling the little armadillo.

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon

A parallel case is, perhaps, to be found in the hairy armadillo, an extremely versatile and intelligent animal, although only an edentate.

From The Naturalist in La Plata by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

Ant-eaters, a family of edentate mammals, have a tubular mouth with a small aperture, and a long tongue covered with a viscid secretion, which they thrust into the ant-hills and then withdraw covered with ants.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

They are however without teeth only in the front of the jaw in all, but with a few molars in some, the Indian forms however are truly edentate, having no teeth at all.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

The palatines are edentate, but bear strong ridges throughout their lengths.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.