Meanings
plural African clawed frogs
- 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 283Synonyms: xenopus(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.), African clawed toad, platanna, common platanna
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA clawed frog found in southern Africa, Xenopus laevis, that has some properties very useful for genetics.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna tongueless frog native to Africa; established in the United States as result of release of laboratory and aquarium animals
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Italian xenopo
- xenopofrog
Portuguese rã-de-unhas-africana
- rã-de-unhas-africanafrog
Russian гла́дкая шпо́рцевая лягу́шка
- гла́дкая шпо́рцевая лягу́шка (gládkaja špórcevaja ljagúška)frog
Cite this entry
African clawed frog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/African%20clawed%20frog
“African clawed frog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/African%20clawed%20frog. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “African clawed frog,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/African%20clawed%20frog.
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