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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun see pollywog

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also pollywog) US dial. a tadpole. Etymology: earlier polwigge, polwygle f. POLL(1) + WIGGLE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. (Zo["o]l.) 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. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The hooded merganser. [Local, U. S.] Tadpole fish. (Zo["o]l.) See Forkbeard (a) .

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Polliwig Pol"li*wig, Polliwog Pol"li*wog, n. [OE. polwigle. Cf. Poll head, and Wiggle.] (Zo["o]l.) A tadpole; -- called also purwiggy and porwigle.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. See polliwig

Moby Thesaurus

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, landlubber, litter, lubber, nest, nestling, newt, paddock, piglet, pigling, pullet, pup, puppy, salamander, shoat, tadpole, toad, tree frog, tree toad, weaner, whelp, yeanling