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pol·li·wog
also pol·ly·wog (pŏl′ē-wŏg′, -wôg′)n.
See tadpole.
[Variant of polliwig, from Middle English polwigle : pol, head; see poll + wiglen, to wiggle; see wiggle.]
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polliwog
(ˈpɒlɪˌwɒɡ) orpollywog
n
1. (Animals) dialect Brit and US and Canadian another name for tadpole
2. (Nautical Terms) informal a sailor who has not crossed the equator. Compare shellback
[C15 polwygle; see poll, wiggle]
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Noun 1. [画像:polliwog - a larval frog or toad]polliwog - a larval frog or toad
amphibia, class Amphibia - the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians
larva - the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
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polliwog
n (US) → Kaulquappe f
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