tadpole
A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.
Other meanings
The aquatic larva of any amphibian.
“salamander tadpole”
A type of cargo bike that has two wheels in front and one in back.
A kind of
- larva
Related words
- Tadfool
- tadpolehood
- tadpolelike
- tadpolish
- tadpolism
- frogpole
- tadpole goby
- tadpole person
- tadpole physa
- tadpole shrimp
- tadpole operator
- toadpole
Word history
From Middle English "tadpolle".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tadpole” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.