African clawed frog

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

xenopus laevis platanna xenopus african clawed toad common platanna

Hypernyms

tongueless frog

Examples

During that year, a study of nucleoli by John Gurdon and Donald Brown in the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis generated increasing interest in the function and detailed structure of the nucleolus. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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