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De - Pt| English Dictionary: tadpole | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for tadpole | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Tadpole \Tad"pole`\, n. [OE. tadde toad (AS. t[be]die, t[be]dige) + poll; properly, a toad that is or seems all head. See {Toad}, and {Poll}.] 1. (Zo[94]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}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The hooded merganser. [Local, U. S.] {Tadpole fish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Forkbeard} (a) . | |
