two-toed sloth


noun
  1. either of two sloths of the genus Choloepus, having two claws on the forelimbs and three on the hind limbs, including C. didactylus and C. hoffmanni.

Origin of two-toed sloth

1
First recorded in 1765–75
  • Also called u·nau, u·nai [yoo-naw, oo-nou] /yuˈnɔ, uˈnaʊ/ .

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How to use two-toed sloth in a sentence

  • The three-toed sloth (Bradypus) has three digits in the fore-limb, the two-toed sloth (Cholpus) only two.

  • One day, as we were crossing the Essequibo, I saw a large two-toed sloth on the ground upon the bank.

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