Xenopus

Xe no pus |ˈzenəpəs ˈzɛnəpəs | ▶noun the African clawed frog, much used in embryological research and formerly in pregnancy testing, as it produces eggs in response to substances in the urine of a pregnant woman. [Xenopus laevis, family Pipidae. ] ORIGIN late 19th cent.: modern Latin, from xeno- ‘strange ’ + Greek pous ‘foot. ’

Xenopus

Xenopus |ˈzɛnəpəs | ▶noun the African clawed frog, much used in embryological research and formerly in pregnancy testing, as it produces eggs in response to substances in the urine of a pregnant woman. ●Xenopus laevis, family Pipidae. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: modern Latin, from xeno- ‘strange ’ + Greek pous ‘foot ’.