tadpole

[ UK /tˈædpə‍ʊl/ ]
[ US /ˈtædˌpoʊɫ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a larval frog or toad
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How To Use tadpole In A Sentence

  • The cells divide and change until they have a head and short tail, like tadpoles.
  • Frogs were not symbols of death but, on the contrary, of rebirth and renewal, because of its remarkable metamorphosis of egg into tadpole and from tadpole into frog.
  • But other perils may have awaited his tadpoles: researchers have found that despite their paternal inclinations, male African bullfrogs sometimes cannibalize their young.
  • Young amphibians, like the larval frog or tadpole pictured here, spend their early years in the water, breathing through gills in the side of their head in much the same way as fish do.
  • That little message from tadpole is exactly why this last leg is SO worth it. Impatience
  • Tadpoles and froglets can be preyed on by other frogs, crayfish, fish, turtles, and dragonfly larvae.
  • The tadpoles metamorphose and emerge onto land.
  • One of only four aquatic frogs (those able to feed underwater) known to live in Australia, this frog inhabits the continent's driest areas, hunting in gilgais after rain for insects, shrimps and tadpoles.
  • But as it starts the transition to froghood, it develops lungs - forcing the tadpole to swim frequently to the surface to gulp air.
  • A catepillar, a maggot and a tadpole is still an individual life, regardless of its stage of development. Think Progress » 128.
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