BRADYPODIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bradypodidae mean? 

• BRADYPODIDAE (noun)
  The noun BRADYPODIDAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of edentates comprising the true sloths

  Familiarity information: BRADYPODIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRADYPODIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of edentates comprising the true sloths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bradypodidae; family Bradypodidae

Hypernyms ("Bradypodidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Bradypodidae"):

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)

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

Holonyms ("Bradypodidae" is a member of...):

suborder Xenarthra; Xenarthra (armadillos; American anteaters; sloths)