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tree sloth

DEFINITIONS OF: tree sloth

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n any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits

Synonyms:
sloth
Types:
Bradypus tridactylus, ai, three-toed sloth
a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot
Choloepus didactylus, two-toed sloth, unai, unau
relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot
Choloepus hoffmanni, two-toed sloth, unai, unau
a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot
Type of:
edentate
primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America
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