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sloth

Pronunciation: /sləʊθ/

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Definition of sloth

noun

1 [mass noun] reluctance 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).