African clawed frog en · NOUN
Meanings
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A clawed frog found in southern Africa, Xenopus laevis, that has some properties very useful for genetics.
Heaven knows what led him to do it, but Hogben found that if you injected an African clawed frog with the urine of a pregnant woman, within hours it would lay eggs.
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 283:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| African clawed frogs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
African clawed toad (Xenopus laevis) · platanna (Xenopus laevis) · xenopus (Xenopus laevis) · common platanna (Xenopus laevis)
Translations (3)
pt rã-de-unhas-africana (frog) · it xenopo (frog) · ru гла́дкая шпо́рцевая лягу́шка (frog)