polliwog (redirected from pollywogs)

pol·li·wog also pol·ly·wog  (pl-wg, -wôg)

n.

See tadpole.

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[Variant of polliwig, from Middle English polwigle : pol, head; see poll + wiglen, to wiggle; see wiggle.]

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

polliwog - 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