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e·den·tate

(ē-dĕn′tāt′)

adj.

1. Lacking teeth.

2. Of or belonging to the former order Edentata of mammals having few or no teeth, including the anteaters, armadillos, and sloths. These animals have been reclassified in the order Xenarthra.

A member of the former order Edentata.

[Latin ēdentātus, past participle of ēdentāre, to knock out the teeth : ē-, ex-, ex- + dēns, dent-, tooth; see dent- in Indo-European roots.]

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edentate

(iːˈdɛnteɪt)

(Animals) any of the placental mammals that constitute the order Edentata, which inhabit tropical regions of Central and South America. The order includes anteaters, sloths, and armadillos

adj

(Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the order Edentata

[C19: from Latin ēdentātus lacking teeth, from ēdentāre to render toothless, from e- out + dēns tooth]

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e•den•tate

(iˈdɛn teɪt)

adj.

1. belonging or pertaining to the Edentata, an order of New World mammals characterized by a reduced number of teeth and comprising armadillos, sloths, and anteaters.

2. toothless.

3. an edentate mammal.

[1820–30; < Latin ēdentātus deprived of teeth =ē- e- + dent-, s. of dēns tooth + -ātus -ate¹]

e·den·tate

(ē-dĕn′tāt′)

Adjective

Lacking teeth.

Noun

Any of various mammals having few or no teeth. Sloths, armadillos, and anteaters are edentates.

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Noun	1.	edentate - primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials Edentata, order Edentata - order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos armadillo - burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates tree sloth, 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
Adj.	1.	edentate - having few if any teeth; "anteaters are edentate animals" edental, edentulate toothless - lacking teeth; "most birds are toothless"; "a toothless old crone"

Translations

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edentate

[ɪˈdenteɪt]

A. ADJ → desdentado

B. N → desdentado/a m/f

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nasutus agree with those described in the pertinent literature (Nakamura et al., 1983; Nakamura and Parin, 1993): body fairly elongate and strongly compressed; lower jaw beyond tip of upper jaw; vomer edentate; gill rakers degenerated; a single fairly straight lateral line, from above upper angle of opercula, gradually sloping posteriorly and running straight from mid first dorsal fin to caudal fin base.

First report of the black gemfish Nesiarchus nasutus (Perciformes: Gempylidae) in Argentinean waters/Primeiro relatorio do gemfish preto Nesiarchus nasutus (Perciformes: Gempylidae) em aguas argentinas

Comparative study of efficacy, tolerability and compliance of oral iron preparations(iron edentate, iron polymaltose complex) and intramuscular iron sorbitol in iron deficiency anemia in children.J Pak Med Assoc- 2009; 59(11): 764-68.

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Merrot O, Vacher C, Merrot S, Godlewski G, Frigard B, Goudot P.Changes in the edentate mandible in the elderly.

Early detection of osteoporosis from incisure depth of human mandible in an orthopantomogram

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