edentate
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Armadillo, �rm-a-dil′o, n. a small American edentate quadruped, having its body armed with bands of bony plates:—pl.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
The Glyptodon was a mailed edentate, eight feet long, resembling the little armadillo.
From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon
To lose one’s spoon would be almost as serious as it is for an edentate person to lose his set of false teeth.”
From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir
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)
The palatines are edentate, but bear strong ridges throughout their lengths.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.
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