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

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. The hooded merganser.
3. noun. a larval frog or toad

   Synonyms: polliwog, pollywog

Synonyms

polliwog, pollywog

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tadpole:

platode

Common word forms

tadpoles

Words from these letters

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