| Noun | 1. | suborder Xenarthra - armadillos; American anteaters; sloths animal order - the order of animals Edentata, order Edentata - order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos Dasypodidae, family Dasypodidae - armadillos Bradypodidae, family Bradypodidae - a family of edentates comprising the true sloths family Megalonychidae, Megalonychidae - mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths family Megatheriidae, Megatheriidae - extinct ground sloths family Myrmecophagidae, Myrmecophagidae - New World anteaters |