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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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sloth inactivity, sluggishness XII; S. Amer. arboreal mammal of sluggish habits XVII. ME.
slauþe,
slouþe, f.
slāw,
slōw,
SLOW +
-TH1; repl. OE.
slǣwð, ME.
sleuþ(e).
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Sloths in the Diet of a Harpy Eagle Nestling in Eastern Amazon.
Magazine article from: Wilson Bulletin; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...mammals: 11 skulls of two-toed sloths (Choloepus didactylus; body...9 skulls of three-toed sloths (Bradypus variegatus; body...Philander opossum). The sloth skulls found in November and...investigators found frequent use of sloths by Harpy Eagles, but not to...
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SLOTH: LAZINESS OF SPIRIT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR OUT THE COUCH TO BE GUILTY OF THIS SIN
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press; 3/23/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...anger and a modest amount of gluttony. But sloth? Who has the time? I wish I did. How I long to be a sloth, stretched out on the couch each night...don't get a free pass from the sin of sloth. "Can workaholics be slothful? That depends...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Sloth — Some say it's worst of the 7 deadly sins
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 3/25/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Seven Deadly Sins in which he portrayed Sloth, a lawyer who dozes all day long and ignores...According to many theologians, this is why sloth is the worst of the seven sins. While the other sins grab at life and gobble it up, sloth just doesn't care. What could be more...
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 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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EXCESSIVE SLOTH IS ROAD TO DESPAIR
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 7/19/1997; 700+ words
; ...warmth of summer, are we falling prey to that sin called Sloth? Are sloth and laziness just different names for the same thing? Does 'Doing nothing' equal Sloth? I think the Christian tradition, which has named Sloth...
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Sloth, Doodlebug, and La Tara; Artist Tara Thomas Gives Pop Culture Googly Eyes
Magazine article from: The Stranger; 6/18/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...under a tinfoiled ceiling, her signature Sloth paintings of icons like Michael Jackson...styles of her signature platform boots, and Sloth paintings of bands like the Briefs, the...reason I was at her home was to discuss her Sloth painting series, an idea she's worked...
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Study Shows Big Game Hunters, Not Climate Change, Killed Off Sloths.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 8/3/2005; 700+ words
; ...of West Indian ground sloths coincided with the arrival...extinction of ground sloths, you would expect the...clearly shows that ground sloth extinctions in the New...the living species of sloths survive is that they...said. "God save the sloth that comes down to the...
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MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY BEGINS ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION WITH SLOTH TALK ON MAY 7
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/25/2009; 700+ words
; ...the museum's Tarkio Valley Sloth Project - an ongoing excavation of three giant Ice Age sloths in western Iowa. In addition...the museum built the Ice Age sloth model for its Iowa Hall gallery...History of Great Aspirations and Sloths in Iowa," McDonald will discuss...
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 "Talk of the Nation (NPR)")
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Interview: Wendy Wasserstein discusses her new book "Sloth: And How to Get It"
Transcript from: Talk of the Nation (NPR); 12/30/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Wendy Wasserstein discusses her new book "Sloth: And How to Get It" Host: NEAL CONAN...envy, anger, greed, gluttony and now sloth--that's the subject of the latest...may be the ultimate self-help guide: "Sloth: And How to Get It," a slim volume that...
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A bear in need of love; Sloths get second-class treatment.(OPED)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 2/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...us, will dare speak for the sloth bear cub born this month at...sightly Panda cub. What does the sloth bear cub get? A zookeeper taking...justice in the world? Human sloths of the area, I beseech you...vile. Embrace the newly born sloth bear cub and in doing so, experience...
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UI MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FINDS THIRD ICE AGE SLOTH
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...ever that we try to prove this is a sloth family," said Semken, adding that...opens into the family behavior of giant sloths is absolutely unique." The proposed...and Sonia Athen first discovered the sloth in the summer of 2001 behind their...
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Sloths
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...species of three-toed sloths are smaller than the...The extinct ground sloth, Mylodon listai , which...the two-toed family. Sloths have quite flat faces...their weight. Female sloths don ’ t change...x2019; s two-toed sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni...
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sloth
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
sloth , arboreal mammal found...armadillos and anteaters. Sloths live in tropical forests...The three-toed sloth ( Bradypus ) is about...somewhat larger two-toed sloth ( Choloepus ) has very...restricted vegetarian diet. Sloths move sluggishly but...
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Sloth
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms
Sloth of bears: a company of bears — Bk. of St. Albans , 1486.
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ground sloth
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
ground sloth See MEGALONYCHOIDEA .
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Megalonychoidea
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Megalonychoidea ( ground sloths ; suborder Xenarthra , infra-order...be broadly ancestral to modern tree sloths. Early forms attained a length of little...more massive than an elephant. Ground sloths had claws on all five digits on each...
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