1. any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits; [syn: sloth, tree sloth]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tree sloth
n 1: any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South
America and Central America; they hang from branches back
downward and feed on leaves and fruits [syn: sloth, tree
sloth]