Library / English Dictionary

XENOPUS

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Meaning:

An African clawed frog; in some classifications made the type genus of a separate family Xenopodidae

Synonyms:

genus Xenopus; Xenopus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Xenopus" is a kind of...):

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "Xenopus"):

African clawed frog; Xenopus laevis (a tongueless frog native to Africa; established in the United States as result of release of laboratory and aquarium animals)

Holonyms ("Xenopus" is a member of...):

family Pipidae; Pipidae (tongueless frogs)

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