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/ˈtædpoʊl/ · noun
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..
salamander tadpole
Shouldn't you tadpoles be in bed?
Woman's voice: You impudent imp! You tadpole! You shrimp!
“[H]ere's this Tooralooral tadpole of a Mayor shovin' his nose into the business and arrestin' our Puddin' without rhyme or reason.”
Use tadpole when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tadpole means 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..
Common synonyms include polliwog, porriwiggle, pollywog.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
salamander tadpole
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