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tadpoles

tadpoles is the plural of tadpole.

Meaning of tadpole

Noun

tadpole (plural tadpoles)

  1. A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.
  2. (broadly) The aquatic larva of any amphibian.
    • salamander tadpole
  3. A type of cargo bike that has two wheels in front and one in back.
  4. A child's basic drawing of a human being, having a detailed head but only sticks for the body and limbs.
  5. (informal) A small child.
    • Shouldn't you tadpoles be in bed?1970, Dorothy Clarke Wilson, Lone Woman, page 174
  6. (derogatory, informal) An insignificant person.
    • Woman's voice: You impudent imp! You tadpole! You shrimp!1900 August 4, The Geelong Advertiser, Victoria, page 6, column 7

Questions about tadpoles

What is tadpoles the plural of?
Tadpoles is the plural of tadpole.

Words near tadpoles in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tadpoles (page history and authors); tadpole (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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