TWO-TOED SLOTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does two-toed sloth mean? 

• TWO-TOED SLOTH (noun)
  The noun TWO-TOED SLOTH has 2 senses:

1. a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot

2. relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot

  Familiarity information: TWO-TOED SLOTH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TWO-TOED SLOTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Choloepus hoffmanni; two-toed sloth; unai; unau

Hypernyms ("two-toed sloth" 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 ("two-toed sloth" is a member of...):

Choloepus; genus Choloepus (a genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth)

Sense 2

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 ("two-toed sloth" 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 ("two-toed sloth" is a member of...):

Choloepus; genus Choloepus (a genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth)