Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: ground sloth  grawnd slowth
  1. Gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America
    - megathere

Derived forms: ground sloths

Type of: megatherian, megatherian mammal, megatheriid

Part of: genus Megatherium, Megatherium

Encyclopedia: Ground sloth