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edentate

DEFINITIONS OF: edentate

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n primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America

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armadillo
burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates
sloth, tree sloth
any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits
megatherian, megatherian mammal, megatheriid
a large extinct ground sloth
mylodontid
a variety of extinct edentate
mylodon
large (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocene in South America
New World anteater, anteater
any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
Dasypus novemcinctus, Texas armadillo, nine-banded armadillo, peba
having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay
Tolypeutes tricinctus, apar, three-banded armadillo
South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates
Cabassous unicinctus, cabassous, tatouay
naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America
Euphractus sexcinctus, peludo, poyou
Argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts
Priodontes giganteus, giant armadillo, tatou, tatu
about three feet long exclusive of tail
Chlamyphorus truncatus, chlamyphore, fairy armadillo, pichiciago, pichiciego
very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck
Burmeisteria retusa, greater pichiciego
of southern South America
Bradypus tridactylus, ai, three-toed sloth
a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot
Choloepus didactylus, two-toed sloth, unai, unau
relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot
Choloepus hoffmanni, two-toed sloth, unai, unau
a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot
ground sloth, megathere
gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America
mapinguari
supposed human-sized sloth-like creature reportedly sighted by Indians in the Amazon rain forest
Myrmecophaga jubata, ant bear, giant anteater, great anteater, tamanoir
large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
Cyclopes didactylus, silky anteater, two-toed anteater
squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur
Tamandua tetradactyla, lesser anteater, tamandu, tamandua
small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
Type of:
eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

adj having few if any teeth

“anteaters are edentate animals”
Synonyms:
edental, edentulate
toothless
lacking teeth
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