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UNAI

Pronunciation (US):

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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:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("unai" 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 ("unai" 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 ("unai" 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 ("unai" is a member of...):

Choloepus; genus Choloepus (a genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth)

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