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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ee-den-teyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : iˈdɛn teɪt |
Définition of edentate
- noun primitive animal
- I observe that Rudolphi distinctly refers to this edentate as the tamandua.
- Extract from : « Parasites » by T. Spencer Cobbold
- The palatines are edentate, but bear strong ridges throughout their lengths.
- Extract from : « Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca » by William E. Duellman
- No hylid genus is edentate, and none has either T-shaped terminal phalanges or the unusual dorsal spinules.
- Extract from : « Systematic Status of a South American Frog, Allophryne ruthveni Gaige » by John D. Lynch
- Armadillo, rm-a-dil′o, n. a small American edentate quadruped, having its body armed with bands of bony plates:—pl.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
- Edentate animals, such as the sloth, are without teeth, or at least are without the incisors.
- Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins
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