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edentate

eden·tate

uncommon
noun (1) adjective (1)

noun

1.

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

adjective

1.

having few if any teeth

  • “anteaters are edentate animals”
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Borrowed from New Latin edentatus.

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