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two-toed sloth

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables
two--toed s-loth
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of either of two species in genus Choloepus of large mammals known for their slowness of movement.

Inflected Forms

two-toed sloths (plural)

Phrases

Linnaeus's two-toed sloth Hoffmann's two-toed sloth three-toed sloth

Frequently Paired Words

three-toed sloth

Synonyms

unau unai choloepus didactylus choloepus hoffmanni

Questions

What does two-toed sloth mean?
Any member of either of two species in genus Choloepus of large mammals known for their slowness of movement.

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