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ground sloth

noun

any of various extinct large, edentate mammals from the Pleistocene Epoch of North and South America resembling modern sloths but living on the ground rather than in trees.

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Nearby words

ground rule, ground rule double, ground rules, ground run, ground shark, ground sloth, ground sluice, ground squirrel, ground state, ground stroke, ground substance

Origin of ground sloth

First recorded in 1855–60
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