tadpole - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'tadpole' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tadpole

[ n.]

- 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.
- The hooded merganser.

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