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   Tadpole , n. [OE. tadde toad (AS. tādie, tādige) + poll; properly, a toad that is or seems all head. See Toad, and Poll.]
    (Zool.) The young aquatic larva of any amphibian. In this stage it breathes by means of external or internal gills, is at first destitute of legs, and has a finlike tail. Called also polliwig, polliwog, porwiggle, or purwiggy.
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   (Zool.) The hooded merganser. [Local, U. S.]
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   Tadpole fish. (Zool.) See Forkbeard (a).
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