xenopid

plural xenopids

1. biologyAny of the genus Xenopus of clawed frogs.

   On the tails of some tadpoles the melanophores which were scattered on the surface of the body are visible, in the same way as in the tadpoles of the xenopids.

   1972, Zdeněk V. Špinar, Tertiary frogs from Central Europe

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   Concerning this latter point, however, it should be recalled that the xenopid larvae are equally microphagous and yet their manicotto structure is essentially of the ranid type.

   1961, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: Volume 137