tadpole
தலைப்பிரட்டை, தவனை தேரை போன்றவற்றின் வாற்பிழுக்கைவடிவப் புனிற்றிள நிலையுயிர்.
Tad"pole`, n. Etym: [OE. tadde toad (AS. tadie, tadige) + poll; properly, a toad that is or seems all head. See Toad, and Poll.] 1. (Zoöl.) Defn: 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. (Zoöl.) Defn: The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.] Tadpole fish. (Zoöl.) See Forkbeard (a).