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    GROUND SLOTH

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    ground sloth; megathere

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("ground sloth" is a kind of...):

    megatherian; megatherian mammal; megatheriid (a large extinct ground sloth)

    Holonyms ("ground sloth" is a member of...):

    genus Megatherium; Megatherium (type genus of the Megatheriidae)

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