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Definition of tadpole noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

picture of a frog

tadpole

noun

tadpole pronunciation English

ˈtædpəʊl

tadpole pronunciation American

ˈtædpoʊl

(North American English also polliwog)

a small creature with a large head and a small tail, that lives in water and is the young form of a frog or toad