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BRADYPUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths

Synonyms:

Bradypus; genus Bradypus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Bradypus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Bradypus"):

ai; Bradypus tridactylus; three-toed sloth (a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot)

Holonyms ("Bradypus" is a member of...):

Bradypodidae; family Bradypodidae (a family of edentates comprising the true sloths)

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