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BRADYPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bradypus mean?
• BRADYPUS (noun)
The noun BRADYPUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths
Familiarity information: BRADYPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bradypus; genus Bradypus
Hypernyms ("Bradypus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Bradypus"):
ai; Bradypus tridactylus; three-toed sloth (a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot)
Holonyms ("Bradypus" is a member of...):
Bradypodidae; family Bradypodidae (a family of edentates comprising the true sloths)
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