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three-toed sloth
[ three-tohd ]
noun
- a small sloth of the genus Bradypus, having three claws on each limb and very long forelimbs.
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The three-toed sloth (Bradypus) has three digits in the fore-limb, the two-toed sloth (Cholpus) only two.
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Here I had a fine opportunity once more of examining the three-toed sloth.
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The three-toed sloth has nine cervical vertebræ; the manati only six; but seven is the typical number.
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(c) The combination of the two accessory functions just described in the same stomach is found in the three-toed sloth (Fig. 95).
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You see there the ai, or three-toed sloth (the Bradypus torquatus).
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