edentate

(noun, adjective)

adjective

1. having few if any teeth

- anteaters are edentate animals

Similar word(s): toothless, edental, edentulate

Sentences with edentate as an adjective:

- an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf

noun

1. primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America

Definition categories: animal, eutherian, placental