mylodon

mylodon

(ˈmaɪləˌdɒn) n (Palaeontology) any prehistoric giant sloth of the genus Myolodon

Thesaurus

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mylodon - large (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocene in South Americaedentate - primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South Americagenus Mylodon - type genus of the Mylodontidae; sometimes included in family Megatheriidae