sloth

/sləʊθ/noun
Elementary
1

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

2

Any herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Choloepodidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.

3

Any of the extinct group of ground sloths.

4

A group of bears.

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