ground sloth

ground sloth
noun
gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America
Syn: ↑megathere
Hypernyms: ↑megatherian, ↑megatheriid, ↑megatherian mammal
Member Holonyms: ↑Megatherium, ↑genus Megatherium

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noun
: any of various large and often very large extinct American edentate mammals related to the recent sloths and anteaters — compare megatherium, mylodon

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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.
[1855-60]

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ground sloth,
any one of various toothless, extinct, American mammals related to the mega-there and the present-day sloths. They did not climb trees and often grew to a length of 20 feet.

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n. an extinct terrestrial edentate mammal of the Cenozoic era in America, typically of very large size. Order Xenarthra (or Edentata). See , mylodon

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