toadpole
UK/ˈtəʊdpoʊl/US/ˈtoʊdpoʊl/
toadpole noun: a young toad in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.
Noun
toadpole (plural toadpoles)
- A young toad in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.
- Toadpole Toad after metamorphosis 40g1963, Hermann Stieve, Zeitschrift für mikroskopisch-anatomische Forschung, volume 70, Academische Verslagsgesellschaft Geest & Portig K.-G., page 149
- secondly, in many hormone-target organ interactions including the effect of estrogen on rat uterus, growth hormone and hydrocortisone on rat liver and thyroid hormone on toadpole liver, newly formed microsomes have been isolated which have increased protein synthesizing ability (Tata, 1968).1970, Harvey W. Mohrenweiser, Role of Hormones in Controlling Ribonucleic Acid Synthesis During Lactogenesis, Michigan State University. Departments of Biochemistry and Dairy, page 36
Examples of toadpole in a sentence
- Like a fish . . . or anyway, a toadpole.”)1984, Phil Murphy, Summer Island, Oberon Press, →ISBN, page 113:
- Her stomach was swollen, and she was only a bag of bones, with a large head like a toadpole in the Oitino stream.1989, Okot p'Bitek, “Section 3”, in White Teeth, reprint edition, Heinemann Kenya, →ISBN, page 29:
- I call them the toadpole and the frogpole.2003 November 19, Peter Cook, “The Tadpole Expert”, in William W. Cook, editor, Tragically I Was an Only Twin: The Complete Peter Cook...
- B., I just made the incision on the toadpole!2006, Charlie Shanian, Shari Simpson, Maybe Baby, It's You, Dramatic Publishing, →ISBN, page 20:
Forms of toadpole
| plural | toadpoles |
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Origin of toadpole
Blend of toad + tadpole.
Questions about toadpole
- What does toadpole mean?
- Toadpole means a young toad in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.
- How do you use toadpole in a sentence?
- Like a fish . . . or anyway, a toadpole.”)
- What part of speech is toadpole?
- Toadpole is a noun.
- How do you pronounce toadpole?
- Toadpole is pronounced /ˈtoʊdpoʊl/ (US).
- What is the plural of toadpole?
- The plural of toadpole is toadpoles.
Words near toadpole in the dictionary
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