| 词汇 | tadpole |
| 词源 | tadpole. Tade was an early spelling for “toad,” and pol meant “head” in 17th-century speech. Therefore, tadpole means toad head, an appropriate name for the early stage of a frog when it is little more than a big head with a small tail. The synonym polli- wog comes from pol, “head,” and “wiglen,” “to wiggle,” meaning “wiggle head.” |
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