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harlan's ground sloth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables
har-lan's -ground s-loth
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of an extinct species, †Paramylodon harlani of ground sloths, from Pleistocene North America.

Etymology

In honor of American paleontologist Dr. Richard Harlan, who first discovered and described the lower jaw in 1835.

Inflected Forms

Harlan's ground sloths (plural)

Questions

What does harlan's ground sloth mean?
Any of an extinct species, †Paramylodon harlani of ground sloths, from Pleistocene North America.
Where does harlan's ground sloth come from?
In honor of American paleontologist Dr. Richard Harlan, who first discovered and described the lower jaw in 1835.

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