BRADYPUS TRIDACTYLUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bradypus tridactylus mean? 

• BRADYPUS TRIDACTYLUS (noun)
  The noun BRADYPUS TRIDACTYLUS has 1 sense:

1. a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRADYPUS TRIDACTYLUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

ai; Bradypus tridactylus; three-toed sloth

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

sloth; tree sloth (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)

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

Bradypus; genus Bradypus (type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths)