xenopus (redirected from Clawed Frog)

xen·o·pus  (zn-ps)

n.

Any of various aquatic, tongueless, clawed frogs of the genus Xenopus, native to southern Africa, especially X. laevis, widely used in the study of vertebrate development.

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[New Latin Xenops, genus name : xeno- + Greek pous, foot; see octopus.]

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Xenopus - an African clawed frog; in some classifications made the type genus of a separate family Xenopodidae genus Xenopus amphibian genus - any genus of amphibians family Pipidae, Pipidae - tongueless frogs 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