tadpole

• Существительное, обозначающее водную личиночную стадию лягушки или жабы, характеризующуюся наличием хвоста и жабр до метаморфоза во взрослую особь.

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 amphibianA2formal

   The aquatic larva of a frog or toad, characterized by a rounded body, a tail, and gills for breathing underwater.

   Головастик

   • The pond was full of tadpoles swimming near the surface.
   • Children love to watch tadpoles grow legs and turn into frogs.
   • A tadpole breathes through its gills until it develops lungs.

   Синонимыpolliwogpollywog