Definitions for tadpole

tadpole tad·pole

Spelling: [tad-pohl]
IPA: /ˈtæd poʊl/

Tadpole is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 240 anagrams from letters in tadpole (adelopt).

Definitions for tadpole

noun

  1. 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.

Origin of tadpole

1400-50; late Middle English tad(de)pol, equivalent to tad(de) toad + pol poll1 (head)

Examples for tadpole

But after a while the tadpole's mother came out, and then the minnows caught it!

Let us not forget to add that he styled Keats "the tadpole of the Lakists."

He was a famous swimmer, having been used to the water from the time he was a tadpole.

"More like a tadpole than anything," mused the unhappy father.

But the second I met him and saw his tadpole garden, I was like, “Oh, this kid is not any cooler than me.”

There is a common belief that at a certain time the tail of the tadpole falls off.

It seemed to me very like the tadpole resolution in "Festina lente."

That is because he has not yet gotten rid of his tadpole tail.

Like a tadpole, the market seems to consume itself in transactions.

We come now to the final stages in the life of the tadpole babies.

Word Value for tadpole
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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