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sloth bear

Definition of sloth bear

noun

  • a shaggy-coated nocturnal Indian bear which uses its long curved claws for hanging upside down like a sloth and for opening termite mounds to feed on the insects.
    • Melursus ursinus, family Ursidae

sloth bear in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of sloth bear in the US English dictionary