three-toed sloth

three-toed sloth

(thrē′tōd′)n. See sloth.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

three-toed sloth - a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfootBradypus tridactylus, aitree sloth, 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 fruitsBradypus, genus Bradypus - type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths