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    XENOPUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    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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