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Meanings of three-toed sloth in inglês

russo
bradypodidae
português
preguiça-de-três-dedos
espanhol
bradypus
catalão
bradypus
Wikidata

Genus of mammals.

Related terms
preguiça-de-três-dedos

A sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot.

Synonyms
Examples for "bradypus"
Examples for "bradypus"
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The latter was of the kind called by Cuvier Bradypus tridactylus, which is clothed with shaggy grey hair.
The Naturalist on the River Amazons
Usage of three-toed sloth in inglês
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Here I had a fine opportunity once more of examining the three-toed sloth.
Wanderings in South America
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Camera is slower than a three-toed sloth to respond.
Wired
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I finally unpick my T-shirt and climb after my sister, swift as a three-toed sloth with vertigo.
Number9Dream
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This was an ai, or three-toed sloth.
Wanderings in South America
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But, he says: I've got more in common with a three-toed sloth than I have with Winston Churchill.
The Guardian
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Its cry is low and plaintive, resembling the sound of "ai." Hence the three-toed sloth has obtained the name of the ai.
The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
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Some three-toed sloths may carry over 120 moths on their bodies.
BBC
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They are three-toed sloths, and I am Ami's golden tamarin, small and swift and untouchable.
Origin
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To study tapirs and three-toed sloths.
Origin
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"I really want to see a three-toed sloth," she said.
Gutshot straight
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Some three-toed sloths may carry over 120 moths One study found 980 scarab beetles living in the fur of a single sloth.
BBC