Meaning & use

unau

noun·Advanced

A two-toed sloth, a slow-moving tree-dwelling mammal native to Central and South America.

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The unau spends most of its life hanging upside down from branches in the rainforest canopy.

Unlike its three-toed relative, the unau has only two long claws on each front foot.

A note on using this word

"Unau" is a less common term than "sloth" and appears mainly in zoological or scientific writing.

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two-toed sloth

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