English adjective: edentate | |||
1. | edentate having few if any teeth | ||
Samples | Anteaters are edentate animals. | ||
Synonyms | edental, edentulate | ||
Similar | toothless | ||
Antonyms | toothed | ||
English noun: edentate | |||
1. | edentate (animal) primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America | ||
Broader (hypernym) | eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anteater, armadillo, megatherian, megatherian mammal, megatheriid, mylodon, mylodontid, New World anteater, sloth, tree sloth | ||
Member meronym | Edentata, order Edentata | ||