Meanings
nounground sloth (countable and uncountable, plural ground sloths)
plural ground sloths
- countableuncountableAny of various extinct species of sloth in several families which are believed, due to their size and/or body type, to have lived on the ground rather than in trees.
Synonyms & antonyms
noungigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America
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ground sloth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ground%20sloth
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