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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
u·nau       [yoo-naw, oo-nou] Pronunciation Key
–noun
two-toed sloth.
Also, unai.

[Origin: 1765–75; < F < Tupian; akin to Tupi unáu]
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sloth       (slôth, slōth, slŏth)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Aversion to work or exertion; laziness; indolence.
  2. Any of various slow-moving, arboreal, edentate mammals of the family Bradypodidae of South and Central America, having long hooklike claws by which they hang upside down from tree branches and feeding on leaves, buds, and fruits, especially:
    1. A member of the genus Bradypus, having three long-clawed toes on each forefoot. Also called ai1, three-toed sloth.
    2. A member of the genus Choloepus, having two toes on each forefoot. Also called two-toed sloth, unau.
  3. A company of bears. See Synonyms at flock1.


[Middle English slowth, from slow, slow; see slow.]

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u·nau also u·nai       (yōō'nô, ōō'nou)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. u·naus also u·nais
See sloth.


[Portuguese, from Tupi uná, lazy.]

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unau

noun
1. a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot [syn: two-toed sloth] 
2. relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot [syn: two-toed sloth] 

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Unau

U*nau"\, n. [Brazilian.] (Zo["o]l.) The two-toed sloth (Cholopus didactylus), native of South America. It is about two feet long. Its color is a uniform grayish brown, sometimes with a reddish tint.

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