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Edentata

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E`den`ta´ta
n. pl.1.(Zool.) An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; - called also Bruta. The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking.
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Noun1.Edentata - order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteatersEdentata - order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos
order Edentata
animal order - the order of animals
Eutheria, subclass Eutheria - all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
edentate - primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America
suborder Xenarthra, Xenarthra - armadillos; American anteaters; sloths
family Mylodontidae, Mylodontidae - extinct South American edentates
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Within nearly this same period (as proved by the shells at Bahia Blanca) South America possessed, as we have just seen, a mastodon, horse, hollow- horned ruminant, and the same three genera (as well as several others) of the Edentata.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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