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TWO-TOED SLOTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot
Synonyms:
Choloepus didactylus; two-toed sloth; unai; unau
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("two-toed sloth" is a kind of...):
sloth; tree sloth (any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits)
Holonyms ("two-toed sloth" is a member of...):
Choloepus; genus Choloepus (a genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot
Synonyms:
Choloepus hoffmanni; two-toed sloth; unai; unau
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("two-toed sloth" is a kind of...):
sloth; tree sloth (any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits)
Holonyms ("two-toed sloth" is a member of...):
Choloepus; genus Choloepus (a genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth)
