tadpole
part of speech
noun (a tadpole, tadpoles)
meaning for a pupil
1) A tadpole is a young frog or toad that has just hatched from an egg; it lives in water, has a tail and breathes with gills. tree →
2) Informally, a tadpole can mean a very small child. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, the frog life cycle is: frogspawn (eggs) → tadpole → froglet → adult frog. Tadpoles slowly grow back legs, then front legs, lose their tails and grow lungs; this change is called metamorphosis. Pond-dipping lessons often look for tadpoles. Phrases: from tadpole to frog.
examples
- We saw tadpoles swimming in the pond. tree →
- A tadpole turns into a frog. tree →
- Tadpoles breathe with gills. tree →
- The tadpole grew back legs first. tree →
- Frogspawn hatches into tadpoles. tree →
- We kept tadpoles in a tank at school and let them go as frogs. tree →
- Tadpoles eat tiny plants in the water. tree →
- The tadpole's tail slowly disappeared. tree →
- Brer Possum, he got his belly full er 'simmons, en Brer Coon, he scoop up a 'bunnunce er frogs en tadpoles. tree →
note
Countable. Also called a polliwog in some parts of the USA. A tadpole is not a fish, even though it lives in water and has a tail. Metamorphosis means a big change in body shape.
In the corpora
- Tadpoles hatch after about 1 to 3 weeks, breathe with gills and swim with a tail, and grow faster in warmer water.
- Tadpoles need their pond to grow, so frogspawn is left where it is.
- Look at wild frogs, lizards and tadpoles but leave them in their home; they usually die in captivity and some are protected.
- A frog's life cycle is egg, tadpole, froglet and adult frog.
- Tadpoles live in water and breathe with gills.
Trees and pragmatics
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