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Three-toed sloth   /θri-toʊd sloʊθ/   Listen
Three-toed sloth

noun
1.
A sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot.  Synonyms: ai, Bradypus tridactylus.






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"Three-toed sloth" Quotes from Famous Books



... existence struggled for superiority, but in the following instance of the sloth life sunk in death without the least apparent contention, without a cry, without a struggle and without a groan. This was an ai, or three-toed sloth. It was in the possession of a gentleman who was collecting curiosities. He wished to have it killed in order to preserve the skin, and the wourali poison was resorted to as the ...
— Wanderings In South America • Charles Waterton



Words linked to "Three-toed sloth" :   sloth, genus Bradypus, tree sloth, Bradypus



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