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edentate

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e·den·tate (-dntt)
adj.
Lacking teeth.

edentate
1. an animal without teeth, e.g. giant anteater.
2. used in the proper sense a member of the animal order Edentata, including anteaters and sloths.


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This observation contrasts with earlier descriptions of seven families of mammals, belonging to Primates, Edentates, Marsupials, Carnivores, Rodents, and Chiroptera classes (10,55,57), which were hosts for triatomines in relatively undisturbed ecoregions.
This slow-paced edentate roamed the steppes of Patagonia during the last ice age.
 
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