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Dentate vs Edentate - What's the difference?

dentate | edentate |

As adjectives the difference between dentate and edentate

is that dentate is having teeth or toothlike projections; serrated, toothed while edentate is lacking teeth.

As a noun edentate is

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

dentate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having teeth or toothlike projections; serrated, toothed.

    • Derived terms

    * denticulate * bidentate * dentate fascia * dentate gyrus

    edentate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Lacking teeth.
    • an edentate''' quadruped; an '''edentate leaf
  • (zoology) Belonging to the Edentata.

    • Noun

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

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