edentate vs pointed

edentate

adj
  • Lacking teeth. 

  • Belonging to the Edentata. 

noun
  • Any mammal that has few or no teeth, but especially the anteaters, armadillos, and sloths of the former order Edentata. 

pointed

adj
  • Directed negatively at a person or topic. 

  • Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant. 

  • That has a named, but otherwise arbitrary, point (called the basepoint) that remains unchanged during subsequent discussion and is kept track of during all operations. 

  • Sharp, barbed; not dull. 

  • In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities. 

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