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edentate
adjective
toothless or having only few teeth
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Why Dictionary.com chose edentate
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- First recorded in 1820–30.
- From the Latin ēdentāre, meaning “to knock the teeth out.”
EXAMPLES OF EDENTATE
- Certain species of edentate mammals, such as anteaters, have evolved to thrive without teeth.
- Sloths are edentate animals, using tough lips to handle their plant-based diet.
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- First recorded in 1605–15.
- From the Hindi word dungrī, meaning “coarse cloth.”
EXAMPLES OF DUNGAREE
- His dungarees were faded and torn, showing years of hard labor.
- She put on a pair of sturdy dungarees for her job at the farm.
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- First recorded before 900.
- From the Middle English farwen, meaning “to give birth to a litter of pigs.”
EXAMPLES OF FARROW
- The pig is expected to farrow this week, so the farmers are preparing the barn for the new piglets.
- The farmer told us the pig farrowed more piglets than usual this season.
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