sloth

n.

1. Aversion to work or exertion; laziness; indolence.
2. Any of various slow-moving, arboreal, edentate mammals of the family Bradypodidae of South and Central America, having long hooklike claws by which they hang upside down from tree branches and feeding on leaves, buds, and fruits, especially:
   1. A member of the genus Bradypus, having three long-clawed toes on each forefoot. Also called ai, three-toed sloth.
   2. A member of the genus Choloepus, having two toes on each forefoot. Also called two-toed sloth, unau.
3. A company of bears. See synonyms at flock¹.

[Middle English slowth, from slow, slow. See slow.]

A mammal, found exclusively in Central and South America, of the family Bradypodidae in the order Edentata. These animals are all slow-moving, arboreal species that cling to branches upside down by means of long, curved claws, and are difficult if not impossible to dislodge. The long hairs of the fur, which are a mixture of white, black, brown, and yellow or green, are unusual in that they are grooved. Algae inhabit the grooves, being green when conditions are damp and turning yellow in times of drought. The sloth has a short stumpy tail, round eyes, a small mouth, and horny lips which assist in eating leaves, a preferred food. The small pinnae of the ears are hidden in the fur. See also Edentata.

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noun

The quality or state of being lazy: idleness, indolence, laziness, shiftlessness, slothfulness, sluggardness, sluggishness. Informal do-nothingism. See industrious/lazy.

n

Definition: laziness
Antonyms: energy, industriousness

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Member of the order Edentata of anteaters. A shaggy-haired, multicolored arboreal animal remarkable for its immobility and slowness of movement when it does move. It spends much time hanging by its paws in a belly-up, face-up position. There are several genera including the three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) and the two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus).

IN BRIEF: Lazy. Also: A slow moving mammal in the forests of Central and South America.

The three-toed sloth is so slow and lazy that it has green fur because of an algae that grows on it.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dovenskab, ladhed, sløvhed, dvaskhed, dovendyr

Nederlands (Dutch)
luiheid, luiaard

Français (French)
n. - (Zool) paresseux, paresse

Deutsch (German)
n. - Trägheit, (zo.) Faultier

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αδράνεια, νωθρότητα, (ζωολ.) βραδύπους, χωλόπους

Italiano (Italian)
indolenza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - indolência (f), preguiça (f)

Русский (Russian)
леность, медлительность

Español (Spanish)
n. - indolencia, pereza, apatía

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tröghet, slöhet, lättja, sengångare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
怠惰, 懒惰

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 怠惰, 懶惰

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 마음이 내키지 않음, 게으름, 나무늘보

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 怠惰, ものぐさ, ナマケモノ, 不精

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كسل, ألكسلان " حيوان يقيم في أشجار ألغابات ألاستوائيه "‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עצלות, עצלן (בע"ח)‬

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