sloth : Idioms & Phrases

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Australian, ∨ Native sloth

  • (Zoöl.), the koala.
Webster 1913

ground sloth

  • noun gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America
    megathere.
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Native sloth

  • (Zoöl.), the koala.
Webster 1913

Sloth animalcule

  • (Zoöl.), a tardigrade.
Webster 1913

Sloth bear

  • noun common coarse-haired long-snouted bear of south-central Asia
    Ursus ursinus; Melursus ursinus.
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  • (Zoöl.), a black or brown long-haired bear (Melursus ursinus, ∨ labiatus), native of India and Ceylon; called also aswail, labiated bear, and jungle bear. It is easily tamed and can be taught many tricks.
Webster 1913

Sloth monkey

  • (Zoöl.), a loris.
Webster 1913

three-toed sloth

  • noun a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot
    ai; Bradypus tridactylus.
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tree sloth

  • noun 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
    sloth.
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two-toed sloth

  • noun a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot
    Choloepus hoffmanni; unai; unau.
  • noun relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot
    unai; Choloepus didactylus; unau.
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