edentate

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I tried to call to him to move; but how could a poor edentate like myself articulate a word?

From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas

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.

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

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon

The palatine is small, curved anteriorly and edentate.

From The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America by león, Juan R.