edentate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America
  2. adjective satellite having few if any teeth
    edental; edentulate.
    • anteaters are edentate animals

WordNet

E*den"tate adjective
Definitions
  1. Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf.
  2. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Edentata.
E*den"tate noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) One of the Edentata.

Webster 1913