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CHOLOEPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Choloepus mean? 

CHOLOEPUS (noun)
  The noun CHOLOEPUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed slothplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CHOLOEPUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Choloepus; genus Choloepus

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Choloepus"):

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 ("Choloepus" is a member of...):

family Megalonychidae; Megalonychidae (mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths)


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