Crossword clues for edentate
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Edentate \E*den"tate\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Edentata.
Edentate \E*den"tate\, a.
Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf.
(Zo["o]l.) Belonging to the Edentata.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Lacking teeth. 2 (context zoology English) Belonging to the Edentata. n. Any mammal that has few or no teeth, but especially the anteaters, armadillos, and sloths of the former order ''Edentata''.
WordNet
adj. having few if any teeth; "anteaters are edentate animals" [syn: edental, edentulate]
n. primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America
Usage examples of "edentate".
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.
These little nocturnal burrowing edentates are the puny representatives of the gigantic Glyptodon of Pleistocene times, and the sloths are the dwindling shadows of the lordly Megatherium.