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tadpole
(tædpoʊl)
Word forms: plural tadpoles
countable noun
Tadpoles are small water creatures which grow into frogs or toads.
tadpole in British English
(ˈtædˌpəʊl)
noun
the aquatic larva of frogs, toads, etc, which develops from a limbless tailed form with external gills into a form with internal gills, limbs, and a reduced tail
Word origin
C15 taddepol, from tadde toad + pol head, polltadpole in American English
(ˈtædˌpoʊl)
noun
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 develop
2.
the free-swimming larval stage of tunicates, having gill slits and a notochord
Word origin
ME taddepol < tadde, toad + poll, head, hence, toad that seems all headImage oftadpole
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British English: tadpole /ˈtædˌpəʊl/ NOUN
Tadpoles are small water creatures which grow into frogs or toads.
- American English: tadpole
- Arabic: فَرْخُ الضِّفْدِع
- Brazilian Portuguese: girino
- Chinese: 蝌蚪
- Croatian: punoglavac
- Czech: pulec
- Danish: haletudse
- Dutch: kikkervisje
- European Spanish: renacuajo
- Finnish: sammakonpoikanen
- French: têtard
- German: Kaulquappe
- Greek: γυρίνος
- Italian: girino
- Japanese: オタマジャクシ
- Korean: 올챙이
- Norwegian: rumpetroll
- Polish: kijanka
- European Portuguese: girino
- Romanian: mormoloc
- Russian: головастик
- Latin American Spanish: renacuajo
- Swedish: grodyngel
- Thai: ลูกกบ
- Turkish: iribaş
- Ukrainian: пуголовок
- Vietnamese: con nòng nọc
Chinese translation of 'tadpole'
tadpole
(ˈtædpəul)
n (c)
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蝌蚪
(kēdǒu) (只, zhī)