ALL meanings of tadpole
tad·pole
T t - noun tadpole frog or toad larva 1
- noun tadpole the aquatic larva or immature form of frogs and toads, especially after the development of the internal gills and before the appearance of the forelimbs and the resorption of the tail. 1
- countable noun tadpole Tadpoles are small water creatures which grow into frogs or toads. 0
- noun tadpole the aquatic larva of frogs, toads, etc, which develops from a limbless tailed form with external gills into a form with internal gills, limbs, and a reduced tail 0
- noun tadpole the larva of certain amphibians, as frogs and toads, having gills and a tail and living in water: as it matures, the gills usually are lost and legs develop 0
- noun tadpole the free-swimming larval stage of tunicates, having gill slits and a notochord 0