XENOPUS LAEVIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Xenopus laevis mean? 

• XENOPUS LAEVIS (noun)
  The noun XENOPUS LAEVIS 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: XENOPUS LAEVIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• XENOPUS LAEVIS (noun)

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 ("Xenopus laevis" is a kind of...):

tongueless frog (almost completely aquatic frog native to Africa and Panama and northern South America)

Holonyms ("Xenopus laevis" is a member of...):

genus Xenopus; Xenopus (an African clawed frog; in some classifications made the type genus of a separate family Xenopodidae)

 Context examples 

Scientists have designed a device for testing 'electroceuticals,' or cell-stimulating therapies with induce partial hindlimb regeneration in adult aquatic African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) by 'kick-starting' tissue repair at the amputation site.

(Scientists Help Frogs to Regenerate Their Limbs with Bioreactor Device, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)