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CHOLOEPUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Choloepus mean?

• CHOLOEPUS (noun)
The noun CHOLOEPUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth

Familiarity information: CHOLOEPUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CHOLOEPUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Choloepus; genus Choloepus

Hypernyms ("Choloepus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Choloepus"):

Choloepus didactylus; two-toed sloth; unai; unau (relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot)

Choloepus hoffmanni; two-toed sloth; unai; unau (a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot)

Holonyms ("Choloepus" is a member of...):

family Megalonychidae; Megalonychidae (mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths)

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