ground sloth
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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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Origin of ground sloth
First recorded in 1855–60
Words nearby ground sloth
ground shark, groundsheet, groundside, groundsill, groundskeeper, ground sloth, ground sluice, groundsman, groundspeed, ground squirrel, ground state
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