'Edentate' definitions:
Definition of 'edentate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having few if any teeth; "anteaters are edentate animals" [syn: edental, edentate, edentulate]
noun
Primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America
Definition of 'Edentate'
From: GCIDE
- Edentate \E*den"tate\ ([-e]*d[e^]n"t[asl]t), n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Edentata. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Edentate'
From: GCIDE
- Edentate \E*den"tate\, a.
- 1. Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to the Edentata. [1913 Webster]