pollywog
Baby frog, informally
A pollywog is a tadpole—the aquatic larval stage of a frog or toad, before it develops legs and loses its tail.
The word is informal and slightly playful, more likely in children's speech or casual contexts than in scientific writing: We caught pollywogs in the pond.
Also spelled polliwog.
Immature feeding stage
- gillsAquatic respiratory organs
- tailRear animal appendage
- hatchlingRecently emerged young
- spawnAquatic eggs or generate
eggs · aquatic · freshwater · embryo · froglet · wriggler · pond · puddle
Small still body
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
- bogAcidic peat wetland
- wetlandWaterlogged land ecosystem
- puddleShallow collected rainwater
ditch · creek · swamp · backwater · shallows · cattail · duckweed · algae
Thorough change in form
- growthIncrease in size
- legsLocomotion appendages below torso
- lungsRespiratory chest organs
- frogletImmature tailless hopper
development · stages · hormones · thyroid · resorption · juvenile · maturation · life-cycle
Animal being hunted
- predatorOrganism that consumes others
- fishGilled aquatic vertebrate
- heronLong-legged waterside bird
- snakeLimbless scaled reptile
grazer · filter-feeder · detritivore · population · cannibalism · survival · camouflage · schooling
larva
Immature feeding stage
spawn · eggs · aquatic · freshwater · embryo · froglet · wriggler · pond · puddle · jelly
pond
Small still body
puddle · ditch · creek · swamp · backwater · shallows · cattail · duckweed · algae · sediment
transformation
Thorough change in form
froglet · development · stages · hormones · thyroid · resorption · juvenile · maturation · life-cycle · morphing
prey
Animal being hunted
snake · grazer · filter-feeder · detritivore · population · cannibalism · survival · camouflage · schooling · vulnerability
pet
Domesticated household companion
observation · catching · net · curiosity · springtime · wonder · aquarium · releasing · discovery
- Royal NavyRoyal Navy, admiral, warship, HMS Victory, battleship
- Navy Slangaye aye, scuttlebutt, shipmate, swabbie, old salt
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- frogsbullfrog, tree frog, poison dart frog, wood frog, green frog
- naval cultureanchors, nautical terms, sailors, captains, admirals