: any of an order (Edentata) of mammals having few or no teeth and including the sloths, armadillos, and New World anteaters and formerly also the pangolins and the aardvark
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“Edentate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/edentate. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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edentate
1 of 2 adjective
eden·tate
(ˈ)ē-ˈden-ˌtāt 
1
: lacking teeth
2
: being an edentate
edentate
2 of 2 noun
: any mammal of the order Edentata
called also xenarthran
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