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The Three-Toed Sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, is a slow-moving, nocturnal mammal that spends its entire life hanging upside-down in trees. This arboreal (tree-living) mammal is found in the tropical rain forests of South and Central America. The sloth is nocturnal (most active at night), and it sleeps about 15 hours each day.

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Three-toed woodpecker

NOUN: Either of two woodpeckers (Picoides arcticus or P. tridactylus) of northern North America, lacking the inner hind toe on each foot.

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trisepalous

ADJECTIVE: Having three sepals. Used of the calyx of a flower.

This is one of the most common and shortest Irises at the time of flowering. As in most Irises the three sepals are decorated, in this case with a crest. The rhizome likes to be on or near the surface and the plant is almost always found in dense stands.