TREE SLOTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tree sloth mean? 

• TREE SLOTH (noun)
  The noun TREE SLOTH has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TREE SLOTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TREE SLOTH (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

sloth; tree sloth

Hypernyms ("tree sloth" is a kind of...):

edentate (primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tree sloth"):

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

Choloepus didactylus; two-toed sloth; unai; unau (relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot)

Choloepus hoffmanni; two-toed sloth; unai; unau (a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot)

Holonyms ("tree sloth" is a member of...):

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