adj
Meaning 1
Lacking teeth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
edentate
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adj
Meaning 2
Belonging to the Edentata.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Meaning 3
Any mammal that has few or no teeth, but especially the anteaters, armadillos, and sloths of the former order Edentata.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having few if any teeth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- anteaters are edentate animals
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: edental, edentulate
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
Narrower terms: armadillo, sloth, tree sloth, megatherian, megatheriid, megatherian mammal, mylodontid, mylodon, anteater, New World anteater
History
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin edentatus.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: vajaahampainen — member of Edentata
- Finnish: vajaahampainen — mammal that has few or no teeth
- Japanese: 貧歯類 (hinshi rui) — mammal that has few or no teeth
- Japanese: 貧歯目 (hinshi moku) — mammal that has few or no teeth
- Romanian: edentate — mammal that has few or no teeth