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three-toed sloth

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three-toed sloth (thrtd)
n.
See sloth.
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Noun1.three-toed sloth - a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfootthree-toed sloth - a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot
Bradypus tridactylus, ai
tree sloth, 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
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A biopsy done at the National Environmental Authority of Panama (ANAM) concluded that the creature was a male Bradypus variegates, also known as a three-toed sloth, a common species in Central and South America.
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