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ground sloth
noun
- any of various extinct large, edentate mammals from the Pleistocene Epoch of North and South America resembling modern sloths but living on the ground rather than in trees.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ground sloth1
First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences
Presently a large ground sloth came to the pool to drink, lapping up the water at the sides that had partly cooled.
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The largest of the edentates was the Megatherium, a clumsy ground sloth bigger than a rhinoceros.
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It was called the giant ground sloth, and, as you may judge from this name, was not very quick in its movements.
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