polliwog

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Old English polwigge; polwygle: poll + wiggle.

Noun [edit]

polliwog (plural polliwogs)

(US, dialectal, zoology) A tadpole.

References [edit]

polliwog in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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