three-toed sloth

[ three-tohd ]

noun

1. a small sloth of the genus Bradypus, having three claws on each limb and very long forelimbs.

Example Sentences

Only the Pygmy three-toed sloth, the bradypus pygmaeus species that lives in Panama, is critically endangered, according to the U.N. agency.

From Reuters

And nudging the nutty monarch of Mar-a-Loco to emulate the Hoosier snoozer is like asking a honey badger to morph into a three-toed sloth.

From New York Times

It’s logical to assume the threat of lions becoming as rare as a northern hairy-nosed wombat or a pygmy three-toed sloth would make big-game hunters take the king of beasts off their to-do lists.

From Washington Times

The endangered pygmy three-toed sloth lives only on a small island off Panama, where it eats leaves “believed to contain alkaloids with a property similar to Valium,” Cooke writes in her sloth chapter.

From Scientific American

Raising a baby three-toed sloth is a special challenge, in part because the leaves they like to eat are difficult to get, she notes.

From National Geographic