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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

tadpole larval, aquatic stage of any of the amphibian animals. After hatching from the egg, the tadpole, sometimes called a polliwog, is gill-breathing and legless and propels itself by means of a tail. During the period of metamorphosis it develops the lungs, legs, and other organs of the adult and, in the frog and the toad, loses the tail.

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World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

tadpole Aquatic larva of a toad or frog; it has feathery gills and a finned tail, and lacks lungs and legs. The tadpoles of most species are herbivores, feeding on algae and other aquatic plants. During metamorphosis legs grow, the tail reabsorbs, and internal lungs replace gills.
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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

tad·pole / ˈtadˌpōl/ • n. the tailed aquatic larva of an amphibian (frog, toad, newt, or salamander), breathing through gills and lacking legs until its later stages of development.

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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

tadpole The round-bodied, long-tailed larva of an anuran (Anura). The term is also used for other larvae with this form (e.g. those of sea squirts and salps).
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

tadpole XV (taddepol). f. tadde TOAD + pol POLL, as if ‘a toad that is all head’.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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