Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The great ground-sloths of the genus Megalonyx considered as sufficiently distinct from those represented by Megatherium to warrant their separation as a distinct family.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A natural family consisting of the two-toed sloths.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Xenarthra — thetwo-toed sloths .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths
Etymologies
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Megalonyx + -idae
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Examples
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I was excited to meet him because I had read his dissertation on the phylogenesis of modern Megalonychidae, and I wanted to quiz him on certain . . . aspects of his research that I saw as questionable.
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South American mammals of the familys Bradypodidae and Megalonychidae, of which the genera is represented by the living two and three-toed sloths.
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South American mammals of the familys Bradypodidae and Megalonychidae, of which the genera is represented by the living two and three-toed sloths.
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