a. Having three toes; in Zool. a descriptive epithet of particular species of animals.

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1752.  Sir J. Hill, Hist. Anim., 562. The three-toed Armadilla.

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1772.  Forster, in Phil. Trans., LXII. 388. Three-toed Woodpecker.

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1879.  E. P. Wright, Anim. Life, 211. The Three-toed Sloth … is a native of Brazil, Para, and Rio Janeiro.

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1906.  Westm. Gaz., 24 Jan., 12/1. That the three-toed horse became extinct ages ago—geologically speaking.

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