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AFRICAN CLAWED FROG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does African clawed frog mean? 

AFRICAN CLAWED FROG (noun)
  The noun AFRICAN CLAWED FROG has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: AFRICAN CLAWED FROG used as a noun is very rare.


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AFRICAN CLAWED FROG (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

African clawed frog; Xenopus laevis

Hypernyms ("African clawed frog" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("African clawed frog" 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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