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Meanings of edental in inglês

Having few if any teeth.

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        Examples for "edentate"
        Examples for "edentate"
        1
        The Glyptodon was a mailed edentate, eight feet long, resembling the little armadillo.
        The Elements of Geology
        2
        This poor edentate was merely one of his more harmless pets.
        Anno Dracula
        3
        I tried to call to him to move; but how could a poor edentate like myself articulate a word?
        Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography
        4
        To lose one's spoon would be almost as serious as it is for an edentate person to lose his set of false teeth.
        South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
        5
        The largest of the edentates was the Megatherium, a. clumsy ground sloth bigger than a rhinoceros.
        The Elements of Geology
        Usage of edental in inglês
        1
        Fifthly, another gigantic edental quadruped.
        The Voyage of the Beagle
        Frequent collocations
        Edental through the time