Meaning of edentate in English
Classifying Adjective
edentateDefinitions
1. having few if any teethExamples
- « anteaters are edentate animals »
Synonyms
Noun
edentateEtymology
early 19th century: from Latin edentatus, past participle of edentare‘make toothless’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + dens, dent-‘tooth’Definitions
1. primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teethExamples
- « of tropical Central America and South America »