EDENTATA Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the word edentata. (close relations)
Definition of EDENTATA
edentates
Best Alternative Words for EDENTATA
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| anteaters | nounn | |||||||
noun • toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites • any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites • nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata • small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct • a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea • a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia | ||||||||
| armadillos | nounn | |||||||
noun • burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates | ||||||||
| sloths | ||||||||
noun • a disinclination to work or exert yourself • any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits • apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) | ||||||||
| order edentata | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos | ||||||||
