tadpoles

Pond's wriggling young

Tadpoles are the larval stage of frogs and toads—the small, aquatic creatures with rounded bodies and long tails that hatch from eggs before metamorphosing into adults.

They breathe through gills and swim by wriggling their tails: The pond was full of tadpoles in spring.

Also called pollywogs.

amphibian

frogs

Leaping, croaking amphibians

toadsWarty tailless amphibians
polliwogImmature amphibian stage
spawnAquatic eggs or generate

froglet · eggs · pond · wetland · salamanders · newts · herpetology · aquatic · gills · larvae

freshwater

pond

Small still body

streamSteady continuous flow
puddleShallow collected rainwater
ditchShallow excavated channel

algae · aquatic · habitat · ecosystem · riparian · sediment · detritus · vegetation · oxygenation · shallow

metamorphosis

transformation

Thorough change in form

frogletImmature tailless hopper
legsLocomotion appendages below torso
tailRear animal appendage

absorption · gills · lungs · development · stages · transition · morphing · hindlegs · forelegs · resorption

swimming

tail

Rear animal appendage

wiggleMove with small twists
dartingMoving suddenly, swiftly
propulsionForce driving movement forward

aquatic · schooling · surface · undulation · movement · fin · wriggling · paddling

feeding

algae

Primitive aquatic photosynthesizers

herbivorePlant-only consumer
grazingFeeding on pasture
scrapingRubbing away material

filter · detritus · plants · mouthparts · omnivore · scavenger · vegetation · biofilm

tadpoles

frogs

pond

transformation

tail

algae

tadpoles

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