XENOPUS LAEVIS

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Meaning:

A tongueless frog native to Africa; established in the United States as result of release of laboratory and aquarium animals

Synonyms:

African clawed frog; Xenopus laevis

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Nouns denoting animals

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

tongueless frog (almost completely aquatic frog native to Africa and Panama and northern South America)

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

genus Xenopus; Xenopus (an African clawed frog; in some classifications made the type genus of a separate family Xenopodidae)

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