two-toed sloth

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Noun	1.	two-toed sloth - a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot Choloepus hoffmanni, unai, unau 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 Choloepus, genus Choloepus - a genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth
	2.	two-toed sloth - relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot Choloepus didactylus, unai, unau 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 Choloepus, genus Choloepus - a genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth

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Choloepus Choloepus didactylus Choloepus hoffmanni family Megalonychidae genus Choloepus Megalonychidae megatherium sloth tree sloth unai unau			Fellow BBC presenter Gerry Anderson also has a go at impersonating Gerri the giraffe, while former Blue Peter girl Zoe Salmon does Jasmine the two-toed sloth. Nolan does his gorilla act for zoo; CELEBRITIES by The Mirror (London, England) Two-toed sloths tend to be larger, with bigger eyes and longer hair than their three-toed cousins. Life in the slow lane: for an animal that does little but sleep and ... by Cohn, Jeffrey P. / Americas (English Edition) CAPTION(S): WATCHING THE WORLD: A chachalaca bird finds a perch and (right) an iguana lies in wait for a tasty morsel; DN10733_2; DN10733_3; DN10733_5; DN10733_4; UNUSUAL MAMMALS: One of the zoo's marmosets finds a comfy spot (above), and (right) a two-toed sloth. A taste of the rain forest by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)			two-pronged Two-ranked two-seater two-sided Two-speed two-spirit two-spot two-spotted ladybug two-star two-step two-storey two-stroke two-tailed two-tailed pasha two-thirds Two-throw two-tier two-tier bid two-time two-timer two-timing Two-to-one two-toe two-toed two-toed anteater two-toed sloth two-tone Two-tongued two-tooth two-up two-way two-way mirror two-way street two-wheel two-wheeled two-wheeler two-wing flying fish two-winged insects two-year two-year-old two-year-old horse twoccing twofer twofold twonie twoonie twopence twopenny twopenny-halfpenny twoscore twosome			Two-Tier Boards two-tier client/server Two-Tier Data Dissemination Two-Tier market Two-Tier Markets Two-Tier Stationary Bench Two-tier tax system two-tier tender offer two-tier tender offer Two-Tier Tender Offers two-tiered porch two-tiered system two-time two-time Two-Time Correlation Function two-time loser two-timed two-timed two-timer two-timer two-timers two-times two-times two-timing two-timing Two-to-one two-to-the-N two-toe Two-toed two-toed anteater two-toed sloth Two-toed sloths Two-toed sloths Two-toed sloths Two-toed sloths two-tone Two-tone attention signal Two-tone attention signal two-tone diaphone two-tone disclosing solution Two-Tone Frequency Modulation two-tone keying two-tone modulation two-toned Two-tongued two-tooth Two-torus Two-torus Two-torus Two-Track Model of Bereavement Two-Trap Channel Two-Trap Channel with White Input Two-twenty Two-Unit Desolvation System Two-up two-ups Two-Value Principle Two-valued logic Two-valued logic Two-valued logic Two-valued logic

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