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Tadpole vs Pollywog - What's the difference?

tadpole | pollywog |

As nouns the difference between tadpole and pollywog

is that tadpole is 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 while pollywog is (zoology) a polliwog.

tadpole

English

(wikipedia tadpole)

Noun

(en 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.
  • A type of cargo bike that has two wheels in front and one in back.

    • Synonyms

    * (toad or frog larva ): polliwog * porriwiggle (-)

    pollywog

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) A polliwog.
  • A sailor who has not yet crossed the equator.
  • (NZ, slang, ethnic slur, offensive) A person of Polynesian (usually Samoan) descent (Poly + wog).

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