pollywog

[ pol-ee-wog ]

/ ˈpɒl iˌwɒg /

polliwog.

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polliwog

[ pol-ee-wog ]

/ ˈpɒl iˌwɒg /

a tadpole.

1400–50; variant of polliwig, earlier polwigge, late Middle English polwygle. See poll¹, wiggle

It will be seen that one looks like a mouse, whilst the other resembles a pollywog, or a newly-hatched dragon.

The Art of Amusing |Frank Bellew
I wanted to take off my clothes and rush into the pond, and swim like a fish, or wriggle like a pollywog.

Painted Windows |Elia W. Peattie
Hee-poof—I've swallowed a pollywog, Mr. Beebe, water's wonderful, water's simply ripping.

A Room With A View |E. M. Forster
He caught a pollywog for bait, with which he waded to a deep, cool place under a shady bank.

Wood Folk at School |William J. Long

You look like the bullfrog on the bank and the pollywog in the pool.

The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine |Katherine Stokes

polliwog

/ (ˈpɒlɪˌwɒɡ) /

British dialect, US and Canadian another name for tadpole

informal a sailor who has not crossed the equator Compare shellback

C15 polwygle; see poll, wiggle