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Right then Alice. What is the x word you’ve chosen for me?
Xenopus.
What?
Are you sure that’s a word Alice?
Definitely is.
Hmm well according to google Xeno - means “alien,” “strange,” or “guest,”
and is used in the formation of compound words so is it an alien cat Alice?
No, try
again.
Strange
octopus?
No it’s
actually a species of frog. Also known
as the clawed frog.
Here’s the link to its
Wikipedia page Xenopus
- Wikipedia
A frog?!
I wanted something
unusual.
Well it’s certainly that. But it’s not a pretty thing.
Things don’t always have
to be pretty Wendy to be interesting.
One of the things about this frog is that it uses its fore limbs to eat
because it doesn’t use its tongue like most frogs do.
Weird.
It’s also very useful in
scientific experiments.
Hmmm
It was used in the 1930s
to 1950s in pregnancy tests.
Really?
You’re not the least bit
interested are you Wendy?
I’m always interested in what you have to say Alice. But a frog?
Well surely it’s more
interesting than some of the other words on the list?
Can’t we just talk about x-rays or
xylophones? At least everyone knows what
they are. Frog should have been in the
first week of the challenge not the last.
But it’s a xenopus.
If you say so Alice. Hopefully we haven’t bored our readers to tears
and they’ll be back tomorrow.
I’ve got a great word
for tomorrow Wendy.
Hmm we'll see about that.
Xenopus is a great word but definitely not a pretty critter.
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Xenopus...after seeing many xenophiles and phobes today yours stand out...frogs scare the shit out of me so no wiki checking ;)
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Dropping by from a to z "The Pensive"
I meant stands out*
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Well, Wendy (and Alice), I did look at the link and that is one strange looking frog, indeed. I can say that I learned something new today!!
ReplyDeleteVery clever.
ReplyDeleteHa - very clever indeed. I'm glad I didn't go after the random word for X - it's a challenge to find a relevant X word.
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Xanthic
Good choice. Makes a change fro x-ray and xylophone.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting word! I never heard of xenopus until your blog post for today! Learned something new, so thanks!
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This is a new word for me. Pus (or pous) means foot so it literally translates to "alien foot". Pretty cool.
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