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ground sloth

ground sloth noun: any of various extinct species of sloth in several families which are believed, due to their size and/or body type, to have lived on the ground rather than in trees.

Noun

ground sloth (countable and uncountable, plural ground sloths)

  1. Any of various extinct species of sloth in several families which are believed, due to their size and/or body type, to have lived on the ground rather than in trees.

Forms of ground sloth

pluralground sloths

Words formed from ground sloth

Questions about ground sloth

What does ground sloth mean?
Ground sloth means any of various extinct species of sloth in several families which are believed, due to their size and/or body type, to have lived on the ground rather than in trees.
What part of speech is ground sloth?
Ground sloth is a noun.
What is the plural of ground sloth?
The plural of ground sloth is ground sloths.

Words near ground sloth in the dictionary

  1. ground shark
  2. ground sharks
  3. ground sheet
  4. ground signal
  5. ground signals
  6. ground sloth
  7. ground sloths
  8. ground speed
  9. ground speeds
  10. ground spider
  11. ground spiders

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