[ad. Gr. βραδύπους, -ποδ- slow-footed, f. βραδύ-ς slow + πούς foot.] A member of the family of edentate mammal quadrupeds represented by the Sloth. Hence Bradypodal a., pertaining to the bradypods.
1833. Penny Cycl., I. 230/2. Both these genera were formerly included … under the common name of Bradypus or Sloth. Ibid. (1843), XXV. 502/1. The bradypodal modifications of the jaws.
