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tadpole
tadpole is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The young aquatic larva of any amphibian. In this stage it breathes by means of external or internal gills, is at first destitute of legs, and has a finlike tail. Called also polliwig, polliwog, porwiggle, or purwiggy. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 3 senses
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- 1noun
The young aquatic larva of any amphibian. In this stage it breathes by means of external or internal gills, is at first destitute of legs, and has a finlike tail. Called also polliwig, polliwog, porwiggle, or purwiggy.
- 2noun
The hooded merganser.
- 3noun
a larval frog or toad
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