tadpole
nounUK /ˈtæd.pəʊl/
US /ˈtæd.poʊl/
A tadpole is a small baby frog or toad that lives in water and has a tail.
The children watched the tadpole swim around the pond.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. The aquatic larva of any amphibian, before it develops legs and lungs.
Biologists studied how the tadpole changes into an adult frog.
3. A young or undeveloped person or thing (figurative, informal).
He was still a tadpole in the company, learning the ropes.
4. A swimming stroke or movement resembling a tadpole's wiggle (rare).
The swimmer kicked with a tadpole motion across the pool.