polliwog

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pol·li·wog

also pol·ly·wog P0417300 (pŏl′ē-wŏg′, -wôg′)n. See tadpole.

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

polliwog

(ˈpɒlɪˌwɒɡ) or

pollywog

n1. (Animals) dialect Brit and US and Canadian another name for tadpole2. (Nautical Terms) informal a sailor who has not crossed the equator. Compare shellback[C15 polwygle; see poll, wiggle]

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Noun

polliwog - a larval frog or toad pollywog, tadpoleamphibia, class Amphibia - the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilianslarva - 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

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noun a larval frog or toad

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