two-toed sloth
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- noun
- /ˈtuːˌtoʊd sloʊθ/
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perezoso de dos dedos
- In Central America, a two-toed sloth can often be seen hanging from branches.
Examples
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Linne's two-toed sloths are commonly found in South America's rain forests, where they spend almost their entire lives in the trees.
Blog text (14) -
But so did two-toed sloths.
Academic text (2006) -
"In a perfect world, your Greg wouldn't exist, or maybe he'd exist as a two-toed sloth or some flightless fucking emu or something."
Fiction book (2000) -
Following two weeks of accepting name suggestions as part of a naming contest for the Linne's two-toed sloth born in Baltimore in late August, today we are announcing the following names for final consideration:
Blog text (14) -
The two-toed sloth moves slowly through the trees in its natural habitat.
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The two-toed sloth has two long claws on each forefoot, which help it grip tree limbs.
Synonyms
A slow tree-dwelling animal with two long claws on each front foot, found in Central and South American rainforests
A slow animal from South America that lives in trees and has two long claws on each front foot
A sloth that lives in trees in Central and South America with two long claws on each front foot
A group of two-toed sloths that live in Central and South American forests
A small tree sloth with two long front claws that lives in Central and South American rainforests
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a sloth with two toes' is directly and literally derivable from combining 'two-toed' (having two toes) with 'sloth' (a slow-moving tree-dwelling mammal). This is a straightforward descriptive compound following normal English adjective+noun composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The name two-toed sloth comes from the animal's front feet: two-toed means it has 'two long claws' on each front foot, so picture a slow creature hanging from a branch by two big toes. That's why the name tells you it is the sloth with two claws on each front foot.