Tadpole
1Tadpole — Tad pole , n. [OE. tadde toad (AS. t[=a]die, t[=a]dige) + poll; properly, a toad that is or seems all head. See {Toad}, and {Poll}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The young aquatic larva of any amphibian. In this stage it breathes by means of external or… …
2Tadpole — (englisch für „Kaulquappe“) ist: der Originaltitel eines Films mit dem deutschen Titel „Alle lieben Oscar“ die verbreitetste Bauform des Liegedreirades UGC 10214: „Tadpole Galaxy“ (Kaulquappengalaxie) der Name eines Herstellers von Notebooks mit… …
3tadpole — ► NOUN ▪ the aquatic larva of an amphibian such as a frog or toad, having gills and a tail and lacking legs until the later stages of its development. ORIGIN from an Old English word meaning «toad» + POLL(Cf. ↑poll) (probably because the tadpole… …
4tadpole — (n.) c.1400, from tadde toad (see TOAD (Cf. toad)) + pol head (see POLL (Cf. poll) (n.)) …
5tadpole — [tad′pōl΄] n. [ME taddepol < tadde, toad + poll, head, hence, toad that seems all head] 1. the larva of certain amphibians, as frogs and toads, having gills and a tail and living in water: as it matures, the gills usually are lost and legs… …
6tadpole — /tad pohl/, n. the aquatic larva or immature form of frogs and toads, esp. after the development of the internal gills and before the appearance of the forelimbs and the resorption of the tail. [1400 50; late ME tad(de)pol, equiv. to tad(de) TOAD …
7tadpole — tad·pole (tăd’pōl′) n. ▸ The aquatic larva of a frog or toad, having gills, a long, laterally compressed tail, and in early stages, no limbs. During metamorphosis of a tadpole into an adult, legs and lungs develop, and the tail gradually… …
8Tadpole — A tadpole or polliwog (also pollywog, polliwig, [ [http://www.onelook.com/?other=web1913 w=Polliwig Polliwig in Webster s Unabridged Dictionary] ] , polewig, or polwig [http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi bin/WEBSTER.sh?WORD=polwig Polwig in Webster… …
9tadpole — UK [ˈtædˌpəʊl] / US [ˈtædˌpoʊl] noun [countable] Word forms tadpole : singular tadpole plural tadpoles a small animal that lives in water and develops into a frog …
10tadpole — [15] A tadpole is etymologically a ‘toad head’. The word was coined from Middle English tadde ‘toad’ and pol ‘head’ (ancestor of modern English poll ‘voting’, historically a counting of ‘heads’). Tadpoles, with their moonlike faces appearing to… …
