Found 3 items, similar to Tadpole.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: tadpole
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tadpole
tadpole
n : a larval frog or toad [syn:
polliwog,
pollywog]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tadpole
Tadpole
\Tad"pole`\, n. [OE. tadde toad (AS. t[=a]die,
t[=a]dige) + poll; properly, a toad that is or seems all
head. See
Toad, and
Poll.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The young aquatic larva of any amphibian. In
this stage it breathes by means of external or internal
gills, is at first destitute of legs, and has a finlike
tail. Called also
polliwig,
polliwog,
porwiggle, or
purwiggy.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) The hooded merganser. [Local, U. S.]
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Tadpole fish. (Zo["o]l.) See
Forkbeard
(a) .
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