pollywog

• Nom désignant la larve aquatique d'une grenouille ou d'un crapaud, caractérisée par une queue et des branchies avant sa métamorphose en adulte.

A noun referring to the aquatic larval stage of a frog or toad, characterized by a tail and gills before metamorphosis into an adult.

1. Larval amphibianA2informal

   A young frog or toad at the stage of development where it has a tail and gills, living in water.

   Larve de batracien

   • The children caught a pollywog in the pond.
   • A pollywog will eventually grow legs and lose its tail.
   • We watched the pollywog swim among the reeds.

   Synonymestadpole