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nountadpolehood (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state or period of being a tadpole.
A permanent resident of the pond, he took three years of tadpolehood to grow to his present six-inch length.
1961, LIFE, volume 51, number 8, page 801 more example
Whereas Mrs. Surinam Toad's little fellows have to spend all their tadpolehood in their mamma's dark little pockets, with no freedom and no society; […]
1886, Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, Four Feet, Two Feet, and No Feet, page 136Synonyms: tadpolism
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nounThe state or period of being a tadpole.
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