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Edentate

Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf.

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Toothless 84% connected

Having no teeth.

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Toothless 84% connected

Having no teeth.

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Anteater 76% connected

a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia

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Armadillo 76% connected

Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidae, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadi…

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Mylodon 76% connected

An extinct genus of large slothlike American edentates, allied to Megatherium.

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Sloth 76% connected

Slowness; tardiness.

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Placental 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal.

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Edental 92% connected

See Edentate, a.

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Actinozoan noun · 86% connection

sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed

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Anapsid noun · 86% connection

primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles

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Anapsid reptile noun · 86% connection

primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles

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Arachnid noun · 86% connection

air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

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Arachnoid noun · 86% connection

air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

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Arthropod noun · 86% connection

invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin

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Asian horseshoe crab noun · 86% connection

horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia

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Centipede noun · 86% connection

chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being…

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Class Merostomata noun · 86% connection

used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida

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Cnidarian noun · 86% connection

radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp a…

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Coelenterate noun · 86% connection

radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp a…

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Diapsid noun · 86% connection

reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye

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Diapsid reptile noun · 86% connection

reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye

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Diapsida noun · 86% connection

used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archos…

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Eurypterid noun · 86% connection

large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs

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Eutherian noun · 86% connection

mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

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Eutherian mammal noun · 86% connection

mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

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False scorpion noun · 86% connection

small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion

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Aye-aye noun · 78% connection

A singular nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs, found in Madagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long finger…

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Babirussa noun · 78% connection

A large hoglike quadruped (Sus, / Porcus, babirussa) of the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teet…

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Bishop verb · 78% connection

To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth.

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Bite verb · 78% connection

The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mou…

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Blank adjective · 78% connection

Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to…

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Bridge noun · 78% connection

a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth

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Bridgework noun · 78% connection

a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth

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Brute noun · 78% connection

An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.

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Bufonite noun · 78% connection

An old name for a fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of Pycnodonts (thick te…

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Dancette adjective · 78% connection

Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancette has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon.

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Dark adjective · 78% connection

Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep…

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Dentiloquist noun · 78% connection

One who speaks through the teeth, that is, with the teeth closed.

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