order edentata

English Thesaurus

1. order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	animal order,
definition	:	the order of animals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	edentate,
definition	:	primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	suborder xenarthra, xenarthra,
definition	:	armadillos; American anteaters; sloths (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	family mylodontidae, mylodontidae,
definition	:	extinct South American edentates (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	eutheria, subclass eutheria,
definition	:	all mammals except monotremes and marsupials (noun.animal)