ground sloth (ground sloth)

An extinct terrestrial edentate mammal of a group represented by the megatherium and its allies, from some member of which the modern arboreal sloths are supposed to be descended; one of the family Megatheriidæ in a broad sense. ground-sluice (ground'slös), n. See sluice . ground-snake (ground'snāk), n. 1. A worm snake; any small serpent of the genus Carpho phiops , a few inches long, as C. amænus , C. ver mis , or C. helena. [U. S.] -2. A snake of the family Coronel lidæ , Coronella australis . [Australia.]