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
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
The palatines are edentate, but bear strong ridges throughout their lengths.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.
An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
The palatine is small, curved anteriorly and edentate.
From The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America by león, Juan R.