The story
- Middle English · inherited fromtadpolle
- English todaytadpole
From Middle English tadpolle, taddepol, equivalent to toad + poll (“head”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tadpole
Today it means: A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills. Full definition →
Middle English tadpolle