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tadpolehood

tadpolehood noun: the state or period of being a tadpole.

Noun

tadpolehood (uncountable)

  1. The state or period of being a tadpole.
    • Whereas Mrs. Surinam Toad's little fellows have to spend all their tadpolehood in their mamma's dark little pockets, with no freedom and no society; […]1886, Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, Four Feet, Two Feet, and No Feet, page 136
    • A permanent resident of the pond, he took three years of tadpolehood to grow to his present six-inch length.1961, LIFE, volume 51, number 8, page 80
    Synonyms:
    tadpolism

Synonyms of tadpolehood

Origin of tadpolehood

From tadpole + -hood.

Questions about tadpolehood

What does tadpolehood mean?
Tadpolehood means the state or period of being a tadpole.
What part of speech is tadpolehood?
Tadpolehood is a noun.

Words near tadpolehood in the dictionary

  1. tadpole physae
  2. tadpole physas
  3. tadpole shrimp
  4. tadpole shrimps
  5. tadpole tea
  6. tadpolehood
  7. tadpolelike
  8. tadpoles
  9. tadpolish
  10. tadpolism
  11. tads

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