sloth

noun

• 1reluctance to work or make an effort; laziness:he should overcome his natural sloth and complacency

• 2a slow-moving tropical American mammal that hangs upside down from the branches of trees using its long limbs and hooked claws.

  • Families Bradypodidae (three species of three-toed sloth in genus Bradypus) and Megalonychidae (two species of two-toed sloth in genus Choloepus), order Xenarthra (or Edentata)