tree sloth

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tree sloth - any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruitsslothedentate - primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South AmericaBradypodidae, family Bradypodidae - a family of edentates comprising the true slothsBradypus tridactylus, three-toed sloth, ai - a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfootCholoepus didactylus, two-toed sloth, unai, unau - relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front footCholoepus 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