EDENTATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Edentata mean? 

• EDENTATA (noun)
  The noun EDENTATA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: EDENTATA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EDENTATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Edentata; order Edentata

Hypernyms ("Edentata" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Edentata"):

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)

Holonyms ("Edentata" is a member of...):

Eutheria; subclass Eutheria (all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)