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GROUND SLOTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ground sloth mean?
• GROUND SLOTH (noun)
The noun GROUND SLOTH has 1 sense:
1. gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America
Familiarity information: GROUND SLOTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
ground sloth; megathere
Hypernyms ("ground sloth" is a kind of...):
megatherian; megatherian mammal; megatheriid (a large extinct ground sloth)
Holonyms ("ground sloth" is a member of...):
genus Megatherium; Megatherium (type genus of the Megatheriidae)
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