| 单词 | edentate |
| 释义 | edentate (once / 109439 pages) nadj WORD FAMILY edentate: edentates USAGE EXAMPLESIn the Edentates the remains of the venous valves at the opening of the inferior vena cava are better marked than in other orders. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. Webster, Noah, Webster's Unabridged Dictionary(2012) The palatines are edentate, but bear strong ridges throughout their lengths. Duellman, William E., Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smil...(2011) 1n primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America Hypo|Hyper armadillo burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates sloth, tree slothany of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits megatherian, megatherian mammal, megatheriida large extinct ground sloth mylodontida variety of extinct edentate mylodonlarge (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocene in South America New World anteater, anteaterany of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites Dasypus novemcinctus, Texas armadillo, nine-banded armadillo, pebahaving nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay Tolypeutes tricinctus, apar, three-banded armadilloSouth American armadillo with three bands of bony plates Cabassous unicinctus, cabassous, tatouaynaked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America Euphractus sexcinctus, peludo, poyouArgentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts Priodontes giganteus, giant armadillo, tatou, tatuabout three feet long exclusive of tail Chlamyphorus truncatus, chlamyphore, fairy armadillo, pichiciago, pichiciegovery small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck Burmeisteria retusa, greater pichiciegoof southern South America Bradypus tridactylus, ai, three-toed slotha sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot Choloepus didactylus, two-toed sloth, unai, unaurelatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot Choloepus hoffmanni, two-toed sloth, unai, unaua sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot ground sloth, megatheregigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America mapinguarisupposed human-sized sloth-like creature reportedly sighted by Indians in the Amazon rain forest Myrmecophaga jubata, ant bear, giant anteater, great anteater, tamanoirlarge shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America Cyclopes didactylus, silky anteater, two-toed anteatersquirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur Tamandua tetradactyla, lesser anteater, tamandu, tamanduasmall toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials 2adj having few if any teeth anteaters are edentate animals Syn edental, edentulate toothless lacking teeth |
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