English Explanatory Dictionary

Harlan's ground sloth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of an extinct species, †Paramylodon harlani of ground sloths, from Pleistocene North America.

Word forms

Harlan's ground sloth Harlan's ground sloths

Etymology

In honor of American paleontologist Dr. Richard Harlan, who first discovered and described the lower jaw in 1835.

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