Etymology

pollywog

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Today it means: A tadpole. Full definition →

Middle English polwygle
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  1. Middle English · inherited frompolwygle
  2. English todaypollywog

From earlier polwigge, from Middle English polwygle, equal to poll (“head”) + wiggle.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.