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A developmental anomaly characterized by an apparent fusion of the lower limbs; especially, the feet.

Symmelia in which there may be three feet (tripodial sympus), two feet (dipodial sympus), one foot (monopodial sympus), or no feet (apodal sympus or sirenomelia).

A subgenus of octopus having two large aquiferous pores on the back of the head.

1. An African water frog which is native to southern Africa: The xenopus belongs to the genus Xenopus and is one of many aquatic tongueless clawed frogs, some of which are used for biological research.
2. Etymology: from Greek xeno-, "stranger, foreigner" + pous "foot".