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CHOLOEPUS DIDACTYLUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Choloepus didactylus mean?
• CHOLOEPUS DIDACTYLUS (noun)
The noun CHOLOEPUS DIDACTYLUS has 1 sense:
1. relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot
Familiarity information: CHOLOEPUS DIDACTYLUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Choloepus didactylus; two-toed sloth; unai; unau
Hypernyms ("Choloepus didactylus" 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 ("Choloepus didactylus" is a member of...):
Choloepus; genus Choloepus (a genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth)
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