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Definition of Family Bradypodidae
1. Noun. A family of edentates comprising the true sloths.
Exact synonyms: Bradypodidae
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Suborder Xenarthra, Xenarthra
Member holonyms: Sloth, Tree Sloth, Bradypus, Genus Bradypus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Suborder Xenarthra, Xenarthra
Member holonyms: Sloth, Tree Sloth, Bradypus, Genus Bradypus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Bradypodidae
Literary usage of Family Bradypodidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"An edentate mammal of the family Bradypodidae. remarkably adapted to an arboreal
life, and represented by many species, all residents of tropical America. ..."
2. The Life of Animals: The Mammals by Ernest Ingersoll (1907)
"The sloths, forming the family Bradypodidae, and known through all the forested
lowlands of tropical America, are really pretty close counterparts of the ..."
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