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Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf.

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  1. a. Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf.
  2. a. Belonging to the Edentata.
  3. n. One of the Edentata.
  4. adj. having few if any teeth
  5. n. primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America
  6. 1. Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf. 2. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Edentata. One of the Edentata.
  7. n. primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America