Tadpole

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tadpole \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. (Zool.) 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}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) The hooded merganser. [Local, U. S.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Tadpole fish}. (Zool.) See {Forkbeard}
        (a) .
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tadpole
       n : a larval frog or toad [syn: {polliwog}, {pollywog}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "tadpole":
     amphibian, batrachian, birdling, bullfrog, calf, catling, chick,
     chickling, chicky, colt, croaker, cub, dogie, duckling, fawn,
     fledgling, foal, frog, fryer, gosling, hoppytoad, hoptoad, kid,
     kit, kitten, lamb, lambkin, litter, nest, nestling, newt, paddock,
     piglet, pigling, polliwog, pullet, pup, puppy, salamander, shoat,
     toad, tree frog, tree toad, weaner, whelp, yeanling