| NOUN | animal | tree sloth, sloth | any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America |
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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. | |
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| Synonym | sloth | |
| Member of | Bradypodidae, family Bradypodidae | A family of edentates comprising the true sloths |
| Narrower | three-toed sloth, ai, Bradypus tridactylus | A sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot |
| two-toed sloth, unau, unai, Choloepus didactylus | relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot | |
| two-toed sloth, unau, unai, Choloepus hoffmanni | A sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot | |
| Broader | edentate | Primitive terrestrial / terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth |
| Spanish | pereza, perezoso | |
| Catalan | peresós | |
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