tadpole (redirected from Tadpoles)

tad·pole  (tdpl) n. The limbless aquatic larva of a frog or toad, having gills and a long flat tail. As the tadpole approaches the adult stage, legs and lungs develop, and the tail gradually disappears. Also called polliwog. [Middle English taddepol : tadde, tode, toad; see toad + pol, head; see poll.]

tadpole tadpole in four stages of development

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tadpole

Noun

the aquatic larva of a frog or toad, which develops from a limbless tailed form with external gills into a form with internal gills, limbs, and a reduced tail [Middle English tadde toad + pol head]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tadpole - a larval frog or toad                 polliwog, pollywog amphibia, class Amphibia - the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians larva - the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

Translations

tadpole [ˈtædpəul] n → renacuajo

tadpole [ˈtædpəul] n → têtard m

tadpole [ˈtædpəul] n → Kaulquappe f

tadpole [ˈtædpəul] n → girino

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tadpole

n tadpole [ˈtӕdpəul]

a young frog or toad in its first stage of development. paddavisشُرْغوف: فَرْخ الضَّفْدَعпопова лъжичкаpulechaletudsedie Kaulquappeγυρίνοςrenacuajokullesنوزاد قورباغهnuijapäätêtardרֹאשָׁןमेंढक का बच्चाpunoglavacbékaporontyberuduhalakartagirinoおたまじゃくし올챙이buožgalvis(varžu) kurkulisberududikkopjerumpetrollkijankagirinomormolocголовастикžubrienkapaglavecpunoglavacgrodlarv, -yngelลูกอ๊อดkurbağa yavrusu蝌蚪пуголовокمينڈک کے بچے کي ابتدائي شکلcon nòng nọc蝌蚪