Xenopus

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin xeno- + -pus, from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

Coined by Johann Georg Wagler in Isis von Oken v.20, 1827, p726.

Proper noun

Xenopus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pipidae – the clawed frogs. The best known species is Xenopus laevis, which is used as a model organism in scientific research.

Hyponyms

• (genus): See Xenopus § Species on Wikipedia for species.

Descendants

• English: xenobot

References

• Xenopus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Xenopus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Xenopus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons `