two-toed
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- adjective
- /ˈtuːˌtoʊd/
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- Like her, they had feathery tufts of fine curly white hair adorning their legs from knee to ankle, to just above their two-toed feet.
- a two-toed sloth
Examples
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"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) -
But so did two-toed sloths.
Academic text (2006) -
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) -
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) -
As he sat down on the log, he saw the crooked print—the warped, tremendous, two-toed indentation which, even as he watched it, filled with water.
Fiction book (1997) -
The two-toed sloth is known for its slow movements and unique appearance.
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Many animals, such as the two-toed sloth, have adaptations that help them survive in their environment.
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In the rainforest, the two-toed sloth hangs upside down from branches with its two prominent toes.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Two-toed is a simple compound of two (the number) and toed, from toe, meaning 'having toes'. So it literally means 'having two toes' on each foot or leg, which is why we call animals with two toes, like some sloths or ostriches, two-toed.