ground sloth
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ground sloth
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Though Jefferson named only the genus Megalonyx, public misinterpretation of the spelling of the scientific name began with the second published paper on this giant ground sloth.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2024
Some 13,000 years later, that sabertoothed cat’s jawbone sits in a museum drawer alongside those of a western horse, ancient bison, dire wolf, ground sloth, and yesterday’s camel.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 16, 2023
It includes everything from a giant ground sloth from 10,000 years ago found at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to the world’s largest spider, which arrived here in 1934 in a banana shipment from Cuba.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2021
Plus, some of its displays are wildly outdated — such as the creaky animatronic saber-toothed tiger that is forever devouring a giant ground sloth, its tinny roar on permanent loop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2019
They overestimated its size by a factor of six and gave it frightening claws, which in fact came from a Megalonyx, or giant ground sloth, found nearby.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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