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Word: Tadpole
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 15th century: from Old English tāda ‘toad’ + poll (probably because the tadpole seems to consist of a large head and a tail in its early development stage)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈtadpəʊl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the tailed aquatic larva of an amphibian (frog, toad, newt, or salamander), breathing through gills and lacking legs until the later stages of its development.
Short Definition:tailed aquatic larva of amphibian frog, toad, newt
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