おたまじゃくし

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of おたまじゃくし – see the following entry.

【お玉杓子】 [noun] a ladle (deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle) [noun] a tadpole (toad or frog larva) [noun] (music, rare) a musical note Alternative spellings 御玉杓子, オタマジャクシ

(This term, おたまじゃくし (otamajakushi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)