unaun.
/ˈjuːnɔː/, U.S. /ˈjʊˌnaʊ/ Zoology.
The South American two-toed sloth, Cholopus didactylus. Adopted by Buffon from C. d'Abbeville Mission des Pères Capucins, etc. (1614) 252. Of the two kinds there mentioned by the names of Unaü and Unaü ouassou the former is Buffon's Ai, the latter his Unau.
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1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 343 Of the sloth there are two different kinds,..the one, which in its native country is called the unan [sic], having only two claws upon each foot.
1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 93 Only one species [of Bradypus] is known, the Unau.., less uniform in its organisation than the Aï.
1872 G. M. Humphry Observ. Myology 21 A recess and dimple in the astragalus of Unau and of Aï.
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