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Edentata

noun
1.
Order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos.  Synonym: order Edentata.





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"Edentata" Quotes from Famous Books



... V. EDENTATA, Pengolin.—Of the Edentata the only example in Ceylon is the scaly ant-eater, called by the Singhalese, Caballaya, but usually known by its Malay name of Pengolin[1], a word indicative of its faculty of "rolling itself up" into a compact ball, by bending its head towards ...
— Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and • James Emerson Tennent


Words linked to "Edentata" :   family Mylodontidae, animal order, edentate, Xenarthra, Mylodontidae, suborder Xenarthra, order Edentata, subclass Eutheria, Eutheria


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