In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
EDENTATE
edental, edentate, edentulate
(adjective) having few if any teeth; “anteaters are edentate animals”
edentate
(noun) primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
edentate (not comparable)
Lacking teeth.
(zoology) Belonging to the Edentata.
Noun
edentate (plural edentates)
Any mammal that has few or no teeth, but especially the anteaters, armadillos, and sloths of the former order Edentata.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
E*den"tate, a.
1. Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Belonging to the Edentata.
E*den"tate, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Edentata.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
25 November 2024
ONCHOCERCIASIS
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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