Sloth bear — Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene – Recent Francois [1] a sloth bear in captivity at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington … Wikipedia
sloth — [slôth, släth; ] also, and chiefly Brit, [slōth] n. [ME slouthe < slou, slow, used for older slewthe, sleuthe < OE slæwth, sloth < slaw, slow: see SLOW & TH1] 1. disinclination to work or exert oneself; indolence; laziness; idleness 2.… … English World dictionary
sloth — /slawth/ or, esp. for 2, /slohth/, n. 1. habitual disinclination to exertion; indolence; laziness. 2. any of several slow moving, arboreal, tropical American edentates of the family Bradypodidae, having a long, coarse, grayish brown coat often of … Universalium
Sloth — Taxobox name = Sloths MSW3 Gardner|pages=100 101|id=11800002] image caption = Brown throated Three toed Sloth ( Bradypus variegatus ) Gatun Lake, Republic of Panama. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia subclassis = Theria… … Wikipedia
Sloth bear of Mysore — The Sloth bear of Mysore was an unusually aggressive Indian sloth bear responsible for the deaths of at least 12 people, and the mauling of two dozen others. It was killed by Kenneth Anderson, who in his memoirs Man Eaters and Jungle Killers ,… … Wikipedia
Sloth Bear — Taxobox name = Sloth Bear fossil range = Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene – Recent status = VU trend = unknown status system = iucn2.3 image width = 250px image caption = Sloth Bear in captivity at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park,… … Wikipedia
sloth — sləʊθ n. laziness, aversion to work or strenuous activity; slow moving tree dwelling mammal native to South and Central America … English contemporary dictionary
two-toed sloth — noun 1. relatively small fast moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot • Syn: ↑unau, ↑unai, ↑Choloepus didactylus • Hypernyms: ↑sloth, ↑tree sloth • Member Holonyms: ↑Ch … Useful english dictionary
three-toed sloth — noun a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot • Syn: ↑ai, ↑Bradypus tridactylus • Hypernyms: ↑sloth, ↑tree sloth • Member Holonyms: ↑Bradypus, ↑genus Bradypus … Useful english dictionary
Hoffmann's two-toed sloth — Hoffmann s two toed sloth[1] in Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica Conserva … Wikipedia