Edentata

(e-din'te-tah,) or EDENTATES. (Zool.) An O. of mammals, characterized by the absence of incisor teeth, the great claws which encompa the ends of their toes, and a certain slowne , or want of activity, obviously arising from the peculiar organization of their limbs. See BRADYPODA EFFODIENTIA, and MONOTREMATA. [s. 316]