tadpole
noun/ˈtædpəʊl/
/ˈtædpəʊl/
(North American English also polliwog)
- a small creature with a large head and a small tail, that lives in water and is the young form of a frog, toad, etc.Topics Animalsc1Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old English tāda ‘toad’ + poll ‘head’ (probably because the tadpole seems to consist of a large head and a tail in its early development stage).
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