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Definition of Bradypus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bradypus

Literary usage of Bradypus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"Bradypus unau et Bradypus curi, Link. Bradypus didactylus, Linn. ... Bradypus. Hands and feet three-clawed. Front grinder small. ..."

2. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"1156) the trapezoid and magnum are united in Bradypus, distinct in ... The calcaneal process is extremely prolonged in Bradypus, in which there is a ..."

3. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"58 [Bradypus didactylus, Linn.]. The thorax is short. The heart is short and round at the apex : the two auricles almost cover the anterior surface of the ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1874)
"... specimen of Areto- pithecus Blainvillei, and on the notes of that examination, together with reference to the former dissections of Bradypus tridactylus ..."

5. Essays on the Theory of the Earth by Georges Cuvier, Robert Jameson (1822)
"Another species allied to the ichneumon, but double its size, occurs in the gypsum quarries around Paris. FAMILY: BRUTA. . Bradypus. Sloth. ..."

6. Fugitive Poems Connected with Natural History and Physical Science by Charles Daubeny (1869)
"Where Oroonoko rolls his teeming tide Through trackless forest and savannah wide, Close to a branch, like an excrescence, clung A Bradypus, and with its ..."

7. The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and by Loudon (Jane) (1850)
"(Bradypus tridactylus.) THIS animal, which is sometimes also called Ai, in reference to a noise it makes when caught, is most curiously formed. ..."

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