ground-sloth
ground sloth
noun
any of various extinct large, edentate mammals from the Pleistocene Epoch of North and South America resembling modern sloths but living on the ground rather than in trees.
Origin:
1855–60
1855–60
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| ground sloth | |
noun | |
| gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America |
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Ground-sloth
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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