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| has gloss | (noun) mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths Megalonychidae, family Megalonychidae |
| has gloss | eng: Megalonychidae is a group of sloths including the extinct Megalonyx and the living two toed sloths. Megalonychids first appeared in the early Oligocene, about 35 million years ago, in southern Argentina (Patagonia), and spread as far as the Antilles by the early Miocene. Megalonychids first reached North America by island-hopping, about 9 million years ago, prior to the formation of the Isthmus of Panama. Some lineages of megalonychids increased in size as time progressed. The first species of these were small and may have been partly tree-dwelling, whereas the Pliocene (about 5 to 2 million years ago) species were already approximately half the size of the huge Late Pleistocene Megalonyx jeffersonii from the last ice age. Some West Indian island species were as small as a large cat; their dwarf condition typified both tropical adaptation and their restricted island environment. This small size also enabled them a degree of aboreality. |
| lexicalization | eng: family Megalonychidae |
| lexicalization | eng: Megalonychidae |
| subclass of | (noun) a family of mammals mammal family |
| Meaning | |
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| Breton | |
| has gloss | bre: Megalonychidae zo ur c'herentiad e rummatadur ar bronneged. Choloepus eo ar genad nemetañ gant spesadoù bev hiriv an deiz. |
| lexicalization | bre: Megalonychidae |
| German | |
| lexicalization | deu: Megalonychidae |
| French | |
| has gloss | fra: Les mégalonychidés forment une famille des Xénarthres créée par Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775-1813) en 1811. |
| lexicalization | fra: Megalonychidae |
| Italian | |
| has gloss | ita: I megalonichidi (Megalonychidae) sono una famiglia di mammiferi xenartri, attualmente rappresentata dal solo bradipo didattilo (Choloepus). |
| lexicalization | ita: Megalonychidae |
| Lithuanian | |
| lexicalization | lit: Dvipirščiai tinginiai |
| Dutch | |
| has gloss | nld: De Megalonychidae zijn een zoogdierfamilie behorend tot de orde Pilosa. Deze familie omvat nog maar twee levende soorten. De overige soorten van de Megalonychidae zijn inmiddels uitgestorven. De levende soorten, de tweevingerige luiaarden, worden gerekend tot de onderfamilie Choloepodinae. |
| lexicalization | nld: Megalonychidae |
| Polish | |
| has gloss | pol: Megalonychidae – rodzina liściożernych szczerbaków zaliczanych do Folivora, obejmująca kilkanaście gatunków wymarłych oraz współcześnie żyjące leniwce dwupalczaste. |
| lexicalization | pol: Megalonychidae |
| Castilian | |
| has gloss | spa: Los megaloníquidos (Megalonychidae) son una familia de mamíferos placentarios del orden Pilosa. Fue muy diversa durante el Cenozoico, pero en la actualidad solo sobrevive un género, Choloepus, con dos especies. |
| lexicalization | spa: Megalonychidae |
| Chinese | |
| has gloss | zho: 懶惰指缺乏行动的欲望，不想做任何事。怎样才被视为懒惰应依据具体的文化、社会情况及其程度而定。短暂的放松或小憩，通常是很有好处的，但若是超过这种程度就变成坏处了，由於懶惰會導致生產力的下降，因此懶惰也會對社會造成問題。 |
| lexicalization | zho: 懶惰 |
| Media | |
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| media:img | Hoffmann-Sloth.jpg |
| media:img | Megalocnus rodens.JPG |
| media:img | Two-toed sloth Costa Rica - cropped.jpg |
| media:img | Zweizehenfaultier 1.jpg |
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