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tadpole
(encz) | tadpole,pulec n: Zdeněk Brož |
Tadpole
(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.
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2. (Zool.) The hooded merganser. [Local, U. S.]
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Tadpole fish. (Zool.) See Forkbeard
(a) .
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tadpole
(wn) | tadpole
n 1: a larval frog or toad [syn: tadpole, polliwog,
pollywog] |
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tadpole
(encz) | tadpole,pulec n: Zdeněk Brož |
tadpole shrimp
(encz) | tadpole shrimp, n: |
tadpoles
(encz) | tadpoles,pulci n: pl. Jirka Daněk |
tadpole fish
(gcide) | Forkbeard \Fork"beard`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) A European fish (Raniceps raninus), having a large flat
head; -- also called tadpole fish, and {lesser forked
beard}.
(b) The European forked hake or hake's-dame ({Phycis
blennoides}); -- also called great forked beard.
[1913 Webster]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.
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2. (Zool.) The hooded merganser. [Local, U. S.]
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Tadpole fish. (Zool.) See Forkbeard
(a) .
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Tadpole fish
(gcide) | Forkbeard \Fork"beard`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) A European fish (Raniceps raninus), having a large flat
head; -- also called tadpole fish, and {lesser forked
beard}.
(b) The European forked hake or hake's-dame ({Phycis
blennoides}); -- also called great forked beard.
[1913 Webster]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.]
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Tadpole fish. (Zool.) See Forkbeard
(a) .
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ascidian tadpole
(wn) | ascidian tadpole
n 1: free-swimming larva of ascidians; they have a tail like a
tadpole that contains the notochord |
tadpole
(wn) | tadpole
n 1: a larval frog or toad [syn: tadpole, polliwog,
pollywog] |
tadpole shrimp
(wn) | tadpole shrimp
n 1: a kind of branchiopod crustacean |
tadpole-shaped
(wn) | tadpole-shaped
adj 1: shaped in the form of a tadpole |
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