English-Thai Dictionary
tadpole
N ลูก อ๊ อด ลูกกบ frog luk-aod
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TADPOLE
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 ).
New American Oxford Dictionary
tadpole
tad pole |ˈtadˌpōl ˈtædˌpoʊl | ▶noun the tailed aquatic larva of an amphibian (frog, toad, newt, or salamander ), breathing through gills and lacking legs until its later stages of development. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Old English tāda ‘toad ’ + poll (probably because the tadpole seems to consist of a large head and a tail in its early development stage ).
Oxford Dictionary
tadpole
tad |pole |ˈtadpəʊl | ▶noun the tailed aquatic larva of an amphibian (frog, toad, newt, or salamander ), breathing through gills and lacking legs until the later stages of its development. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Old English tāda ‘toad ’ + poll (probably because the tadpole seems to consist of a large head and a tail in its early development stage ).
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
tadpole
tad pole /tǽdpòʊl /名詞 C オタマジャクシ (→frog 1 ).
The Wordsmith Dictionary