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Portuguese
Etymology
From bicho (“beast, animal”) + preguiça (“sloth, laziness”).
Noun
bicho-preguiça m (plural bichos-preguiça)
- sloth (any of various South American mammals of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae)
- Synonym: preguiça