GENUS BRADYPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bradypus mean? 

• GENUS BRADYPUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS BRADYPUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths

  Familiarity information: GENUS BRADYPUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS BRADYPUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bradypus; genus Bradypus

Hypernyms ("genus Bradypus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Bradypus"):

ai; Bradypus tridactylus; three-toed sloth (a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot)

Holonyms ("genus Bradypus" is a member of...):

Bradypodidae; family Bradypodidae (a family of edentates comprising the true sloths)