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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 animals
Familiarity information: AFRICAN CLAWED FROG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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