n. Any of the extinct genus Mylodon of giant ground sloths of Patagonia.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. An extinct genus of large slothlike American edentates, allied to Megatherium.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A genus of gigantic extinct sloths from the Pleistocene, having teeth more or less cylindrical and in structure resembling those of the extant sloths.
n. [lowercase] An animal of this genus.
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n. large (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocene in South America
Word Usage
""In Patagonia" 1977 begins in his grandmother's dining room with a cabinet containing among its treasures a dried piece of mylodon skin sent by a cousin, "Charley Milward the Sailor.""