edentate

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The Glyptodon was a mailed edentate, eight feet long, resembling the little armadillo.

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon

The palatines are edentate, but bear strong ridges throughout their lengths.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.

They are however without teeth only in the front of the jaw in all, but with a few molars in some, the Indian forms however are truly edentate, having no teeth at all.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

He secured Brigham's everlasting gratitude by making him a very handsome false set, and performing the same service for all of his favorite, but edentate wives.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 by Various

Armadillo, �rm-a-dil′o, n. a small American edentate quadruped, having its body armed with bands of bony plates:—pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various