Xenopus

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- - xeno-
  - xenobiotic
  - xenocryst
  - xenogamy
  - xenogeneic
  - xenograft
  - xenolith
  - xenology
  - xenon
  - xenophobia
  - Xenopus
  - xenotransplantation
  - xeric
  - xeriscape
  - xero-
  - xeroderma
  - xerography
  - xerophilous
  - xerophthalmia
  - xerophyte
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Xenopus /ˈzɛnəpəs/

▶noun the African clawed toad, 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.]

– origin C19: mod. L., from xeno- + Gk pous ‘foot’.

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