two-toed sloth

two-toed sloth

T0442450 (to͞o′tōd′)n. See sloth.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	two-toed sloth - a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfootCholoepus hoffmanni, unai, unautree 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 fruitsCholoepus, genus Choloepus - a genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth
	2.	two-toed sloth - relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front footCholoepus didactylus, unai, unautree 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 fruitsCholoepus, genus Choloepus - a genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth