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platannas

platannas is the plural of platanna.

Meaning of platanna

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.
    • […]leading medical pathologist, Dr Louis P. Bosman, became so concerned at the depletion of the local platanna population that he petitioned the Provincial Administration to introduce protective legislation and to investigate the possibility of the artificial culture of these animals at the...1977, Douglas Hey, Water: Source of Life, Oxford University Press, pages 109–110

Questions about platannas

What is platannas the plural of?
Platannas is the plural of platanna.

Words near platannas in the dictionary

  1. platanistid
  2. platanistids
  3. platanistoid
  4. platanistoids
  5. platanna
  6. platannas
  7. platans
  8. platanthera
  9. platantheras
  10. platanus
  11. platanuses

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