unau

u·nau

also u·nai U0021000 (yo͞o′nô, o͞o′nou)n. pl. u·naus also u·nais See sloth.

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[Portuguese, from Tupí uná, lazy.]

unau

(ˈjuːnaʊ) n (Animals) the two-toed sloth. See sloth¹[C18: via French from Tupi]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	unau - a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfootCholoepus hoffmanni, two-toed sloth, unaitree sloth, sloth - any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruitsCholoepus, genus Choloepus - a genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth
	2.	unau - relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front footCholoepus didactylus, two-toed sloth, unaitree sloth, sloth - any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruitsCholoepus, genus Choloepus - a genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth