edentate

a. 无齿的, 贫齿目的 n. 贫齿目动物

词形变化

edentates 复数 edentates

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any mammal that has few or no teeth, but especially the anteaters, armadillos, and sloths of the former order Edentata.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Lacking teeth.

    an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf

  2. 2.

    Belonging to the Edentata.

    生物 动物学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

eutherian placental

下位词 6

sloth armadillo anteater megatheriid mylodon mylodontid
形容词

同义词 2

edental edentulate

近义相关 1

toothless

词源

Borrowed from New Latin edentatus.

来源：wiktionary