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polliwog
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun polliwog has 1 sense
- polliwog(n = noun.animal) pollywog, tadpole - a larval frog or toad; Array is a member of amphibia, class amphibia
is a kind of larva
OXFORD DICTIONARY
polliwog, n. (also pollywog) US dial. a tadpole.
Etymology
earlier polwigge, polwygle f. POLL(1) + WIGGLE
THESAURUS
polliwog
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
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