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    FAMILY BRADYPODIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A family of edentates comprising the true slothsplay

    Synonyms:

    Bradypodidae; family Bradypodidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Bradypodidae" is a kind of...):

    mammal family (a family of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "family Bradypodidae"):

    sloth; tree sloth (any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits)

    Bradypus; genus Bradypus (type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths)

    Holonyms ("family Bradypodidae" is a member of...):

    suborder Xenarthra; Xenarthra (armadillos; American anteaters; sloths)

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