noun
- tadpoles; the larval stage of frogs and toads that live in water and have tails
Usage: informal; chiefly American
Examples
- The children watched polliwogs swimming in the pond.
- We caught several polliwogs in our net during the nature walk.
- The polliwogs will eventually grow legs and lose their tails.
- Our science class is observing polliwogs as they develop into frogs.
- The shallow water was full of tiny polliwogs.
- She collected polliwogs in a jar to study their metamorphosis.