"ground sloth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ground sloths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ground sloth (countable and uncountable, plural ground sloths)
  1. Any of various extinct species of sloth in several families which are believed, due to their size and/or body type, to have lived on the ground rather than in trees. Wikipedia link: ground sloth Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Anteaters and sloths Derived forms: Harlan's ground sloth, Shasta ground sloth

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