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BRADYPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bradypus mean? 

BRADYPUS (noun)
  The noun BRADYPUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed slothsplay

  Familiarity information: BRADYPUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BRADYPUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bradypus; genus Bradypus

Hypernyms ("Bradypus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Bradypus"):

ai; Bradypus tridactylus; three-toed sloth (a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot)

Holonyms ("Bradypus" is a member of...):

Bradypodidae; family Bradypodidae (a family of edentates comprising the true sloths)


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