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three-toed sloth

American  
[three-tohd] / ˈθriˌtoʊd /

noun

  1. a small sloth of the genus Bradypus, having three claws on each limb and very long forelimbs.


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Only the Pygmy three-toed sloth, the bradypus pygmaeus species that lives in Panama, is critically endangered, according to the U.N. agency.

From Reuters • Aug. 4, 2021

It’s logical to assume the threat of lions becoming as rare as a northern hairy-nosed wombat or a pygmy three-toed sloth would make big-game hunters take the king of beasts off their to-do lists.

From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2019

My favorite is a three-toed sloth named Monster.

From National Geographic • Jul. 20, 2016

Another time I had a two-toed sloth, and I told him it’s like a three-toed sloth, but a little bigger.

From Time • May 20, 2015

My zoology thesis was a functional analysis of the thyroid gland of the three-toed sloth.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel