Sloth vs. Koala

Slothnoun

(uncountable) Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.

Slothnoun

(countable) A herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.

Slothnoun

(rare) A collective term for a group of bears.

Slothverb

To be idle; to idle (away time).

Slothnoun

Slowness; tardiness.

Slothnoun

Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness.

Slothnoun

Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidæ, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico.

Slothverb

To be idle.

Slothnoun

a disinclination to work or exert yourself

Slothnoun

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

Slothnoun

apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Slothnoun

reluctance to work or make an effort; laziness

Slothnoun

a slow-moving tropical American mammal that hangs upside down from the branches of trees using its long limbs and hooked claws.

Slothnoun

a group of bears

Sloth

Sloths are a group of arboreal Neotropical xenarthran mammals, constituting the suborder Folivora. Noted for their slowness of movement, they spend most of their lives hanging upside down in the trees of the tropical rainforests of South America and Central America.

Koalanoun

A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.

Koalanoun

A tailless furry marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also Australian bear, koala bear, native bear, and native sloth. The koala lives almost all of its life in trees, moves sluggishly like a sloth, and eats eucalyptus leaves almost exclusively.

Koalanoun

sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark

Koala

The koala or, inaccurately, koala bear (Phascolarctos cinereus), is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the wombats, which are members of the family Vombatidae.