edentate > define

noun

• Primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America.

adjective

• Having few if any teeth.
  • usage: "anteaters are edentate animals"
  • synonyms: edental, edentulate

• (a.) Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf.
• (a.) Belonging to the Edentata.
• (n.) One of the Edentata.