tree sloth
English Thesaurus
1. 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 (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | edentate, |
| definition | : | primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ai, bradypus tridactylus, three-toed sloth, |
| definition | : | a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | choloepus didactylus, two-toed sloth, unai, unau, |
| definition | : | relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | choloepus hoffmanni, two-toed sloth, unai, unau, |
| definition | : | a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | bradypodidae, family bradypodidae, |
| definition | : | a family of edentates comprising the true sloths (noun.animal) |
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