English
Frog tadpoles
Salamander tadpole
Etymology
From Middle English tadpolle , taddepol , equivalent to toad + poll ( “ head ” ) .
Pronunciation
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Noun
tadpole (plural tadpoles )
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 .
( by extension ) The aquatic larva of any amphibian .
salamander tadpole
A type of cargo bike that has two wheels in front and one in back.
( psychology ) A child's basic drawing of a human being , having a detailed head but only sticks for the body and limbs.
Synonyms
Translations
toad or frog larva
Afrikaans: paddavis , paddavissie , kikvors
Albanian: fulterëz (sq) f
Arabic: شُرْغُوف m ( šurḡūf )
Armenian: շերեփուկ (hy) ( šerepʻuk )
Asi: ulong-ulong
Asturian: renacuayu m , rancuayu m
Avar: къоркъотӏинчӏ ( qxʼorqxʼotʼinčʼ )
Azerbaijani: çömçəquyruq (az)
Basque: zapaburu
Belarusian: апало́нік m ( apalónik )
Bengali: বেঙাচি ( beṅaci )
Bulgarian: попова лъжичка f ( popova lǎžička )
Burmese: ဖားလောင်း (my) ( hpa:laung: ) , ဖားတစ်ပိုင်းငါးတစ်ပိုင်း (my) ( hpa:tacpuing:nga:tacpuing: )
Catalan: capgròs (ca) m , cullerot (ca) m
Central Melanau: belakedou
Chechen: сеса ( sesa )
Chichewa: mbululu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蝌蚪 (zh) ( kēdǒu )
Wu: 拿摩温 ,拿摩溫 / 拿摩温 ( na¹mu¹uen¹ )
Czech: pulec (cs) m
Danish: haletudse (da) c
Drung: naku
Dutch: dikkopje (nl) n ( diminutive ) , dikkop (nl) m , kikkervisje (nl) n ( diminutive )
Eastern Cham: ꨀꨗꩀ ꨯꨗꨱꩀ ( anưk nauk )
Erzya: ботпря ( botpŕa )
Esperanto: ranido , bufido
Estonian: kulles
Faroese: halapadda f
Finnish: nuijapää (fi)
French: têtard (fr) m
Georgian: თავკომბალა ( tavḳombala )
German: Kaulquappe (de) f
Gooniyandi: gilyjirrjgi
Hebrew: רֹאשָׁן (he) m ( rošan )
Hindi: बेंगची f ( beṅgcī ) , मेंढक का बच्चा m ( meṇḍhak kā baccā ) , टैडपोल ( ṭaiḍpol )
Hungarian: ebihal (hu)
Hunsrik: Mollekopp m
Iban: emburi , empa
Icelandic: halakarta f , froskungi m
Indonesian: berudu (id)
Interlingua: larva de rana
Irish: torbán m
Isan: ฮวก
Italian: girino (it) m
Japanese: おたまじゃくし (ja) ( otamajakushi ) , オタマジャクシ ( otamajakushi ) , お玉杓子 ( otamajakushi ) , 蝌蚪 (ja) ( かと, kato )
Javanese: kecebong
Kalmyk: шанһ хорха ( şanğ xorxa )
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: бақашабақ ( baqaşabaq ) , ит балық ( it balyq )
Khmer: ក្អាត់ (km) ( kʼat ) , ក្អុក (km) ( kʼok )
Korean: 올챙이 (ko) ( olchaeng'i )
Kyrgyz: көнөкбаш ( könökbaş )
Lao: ຮວກ ( hūak )
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Latgalian: kūrcaklys m
Latin: ranunculus m , ranula f
Latvian: kurkulis m
Lezgi: варвар ( varvar )
Lithuanian: buožgalvis
Luxembourgish: Kauzekapp m
Macedonian: полногла́вец m ( polnoglávec )
Malagasy: tsiboboka (mg)
Malay: berudu , cebong
Maltese: marżepp m
Maori: hua poraka , punua poraka
Masbatenyo: ulu-ulo
Mongolian: шанаган хорхой ( šanagan xorxoj )
Navajo: tsʼǫʼasánii
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Nkonya: nwunkpodikpodi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rumpetroll (no) n
Nynorsk: rumpetroll n
Ojibwe: boodoonh
Oriya: please add this translation if you can
Ossetian: къӕбила ( k’æbila )
Pacoh: apêq
Persian: بچه قورباغه ( bačče-ye qurbâğe )
Polish: kijanka (pl) f
Portuguese: girino (pt) m
Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: mormoloc (ro) m
Russian: голова́стик (ru) m ( golovástik )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пуноглавац m
Roman: punoglavac (sh) m
Shan: ႁူၵ်ႈ ( hūuk )
Sichuan Yi: ꀌꀠꒊꆱ ( uox ba yyp hlyt )
Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: žubrienka (sk) f
Slovene: paglavec m
Spanish: renacuajo (es) m , ranacuajo (es) m
Swedish: grodyngel (sv) n , yngel (sv) n
Tagal Murut: tibulu
Tagalog: uluulo , butete
Tai Dam: ꪅꪺꪀ
Tajik: кафлесак ( kaflesak )
Tamil: தவளைக்குஞ்சு (ta) ( tavaḷaikkuñcu )
Tboli: bikol
Telugu: తోకకప్ప ( tōkakappa )
Thai: ลูกอ๊อด ( lûuk-ɔ́ɔt )
Tibetan: ལྕོང་མོ ( lcong mo )
Turkish: iribaş (tr)
Tuvan: пага төлү ( paga tölü )
Ukrainian: пу́головок m ( púholovok )
Uyghur: قۇمچاق ( qumchaq )
Uzbek: itbaliq (uz)
Vietnamese: nòng nọc (vi) , nọc nọc , óc nóc
Welsh: grifft m , penbwl (cy) m
West Coast Bajau: jejantik
Yiddish: קאָפּעקל ( kopekl )
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