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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A term proposed by Blumen-bach for an order of mammals, nearly the same as the subsequently named Cuvierian Edentata, or the earlier Bruta of Linnæus: applied in a more restricted sense to the sloths and slothlike edentates: synonymous with Tardigrada. See sloth.

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