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GROUND SLOTH
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America
Synonyms:
ground sloth; megathere
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ground sloth" is a kind of...):
megatherian; megatherian mammal; megatheriid (a large extinct ground sloth)
Holonyms ("ground sloth" is a member of...):
genus Megatherium; Megatherium (type genus of the Megatheriidae)