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polliwog

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pol·li·wog also pol·ly·wog  (pl-wg, -wôg)
n.
See tadpole.
[Variant of polliwig, from Middle English polwigle : pol, head; see poll + wiglen, to wiggle; see wiggle.]
polliwog, pollywog [ˈpɒlɪˌwɒg]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Brit dialect US, and Canadian another name for tadpole
2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Informal a sailor who has not crossed the equator Compare shellback
[C15 polwygle; see poll, wiggle]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.polliwog - a larval frog or toadpolliwog - a larval frog or toad                
pollywog, tadpole
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
polliwog [ˈpɒlɪwɒg] N (US) (Zool) → renacuajo m
polliwog
n (US) → Kaulquappe f
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Nevertheless, I cannot help thinking that if we would put an improved breed of polliwogs in our drinking water, construct shallower roadways, groom the street cows, offer the stranger within our gates a free choice between the poniard and the potion, and relinquish our private system of morals, the other measures of public safety would be needless.
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