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edentate

noun as in primitive animal

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No hylid genus is edentate, and none has either T-shaped terminal phalanges or the unusual dorsal spinules.

Armadillo, rm-a-dil′o, n. a small American edentate quadruped, having its body armed with bands of bony plates:—pl.

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

Edentate animals, such as the sloth, are without teeth, or at least are without the incisors.

I observe that Rudolphi distinctly refers to this edentate as the tamandua.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to edentate, such as: aardvark, anteater, armadillo, and sloth.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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