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EDENTATA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos
Synonyms:
Edentata; order Edentata
Classified under:
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)