"platanna" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: platannas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} platanna (plural platannas)
  1. Any of several clawed frogs of the genus Xenopus which spend most of their time in water and rarely emerge onto land, especially the common platanna, Xenopus laevis. Categories (lifeform): Frogs Derived forms: Cape platanna (taxonomic: Xenopus gilli), common platanna (taxonomic: Xenopus laevis), Gill's platanna (alt: = Cape platanna), Fraser's platanna (taxonomic: Xenopus fraseri), Peter's platanna (taxonomic: Xenopus petersii) Related terms: platanna klipfish (taxonomic: Xenopoclinus kochi), leprous platanna-klipfish (taxonomic: Xenopoclinus leprosus)

Inflected forms

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