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单词 edentate
例句 edentate
An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z
The palatines are edentate, but bear strong ridges throughout their lengths. Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca 2011-10-24T02:00:14.853Z
Tubulidentata.—The second suborder of edentates, namely the Tubulidentata, is represented at the present day only by the aard-varks, or ant-bears, of Africa, constituting the family Orycteropodidae and the genus Orycteropus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z
Aside from marsupials and New World monkeys, its most characteristic animals were edentates and very queer ungulates with no resemblance to those of any other continent. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open
The palatine is small, curved anteriorly and edentate. The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America
One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z
A similarly significant evidence of relationship is afforded by processes of the zygomatic region of the skull in certain edentates existing and extinct. On the Genesis of Species
They are however without teeth only in the front of the jaw in all, but with a few molars in some, the Indian forms however are truly edentate, having no teeth at all. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
The great autochthonous forms shared the extinction of the big creatures of the immigrant fauna; for under stress of competition with the newcomers, the ancient ungulates and edentates had developed giants of their own. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open
A few species, as the puma, peccari, and opossum, have crossed the barrier; but South America is characterized by possessing a family of monkeys, the llama, tapir, many peculiar rodents, and several genera of edentates. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America
He secured Brigham's everlasting gratitude by making him a very handsome false set, and performing the same service for all of his favorite, but edentate wives. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864
Ant-eaters, a family of edentate mammals, have a tubular mouth with a small aperture, and a long tongue covered with a viscid secretion, which they thrust into the ant-hills and then withdraw covered with ants. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge
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
The edentates not only included various ground-sloths, among them the megatherium, which was the size of an elephant, and the somewhat smaller mylodon, but also creatures as fantastic as those of a nightmare. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open
These little nocturnal burrowing edentates are the puny representatives of the gigantic Glyptodon of Pleistocene times, and the sloths are the dwindling shadows of the lordly Megatherium. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America
A parallel case is, perhaps, to be found in the hairy armadillo, an extremely versatile and intelligent animal, although only an edentate. The Naturalist in La Plata
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 1914-1917 expedition
The Glyptodon was a mailed edentate, eight feet long, resembling the little armadillo. The Elements of Geology
A recent bit of paleontological evidence bearing on the question of the introduction of species is that presented by Dr. J. L. Wortman in connection with the fossil lineage of the edentates. A History of Science — Volume 3
The largest of the edentates was the Megatherium, a. clumsy ground sloth bigger than a rhinoceros. The Elements of Geology
Most other edentates are diurnal and almost exclusively insectivorous, some feeding only on ants; they have unchangeable habits, very limited intelligence, and vanish before civilization. The Naturalist in La Plata
Darwin himself had shown some years before that the fossil animals of any continent are closely related to the existing animals of that continent—edentates predominating, for example, in South America, and marsupials in Australia. A History of Science — Volume 3
These edentates survived from Tertiary times, and in the warmer stages of the Pleistocene ranged north as far as Ohio and Oregon. The Elements of Geology
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