polliwog

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From earlier polwigge, from Middle English polwygle, equal to poll (“head”) +‎ wiggle.[1]

Noun

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polliwog (plural polliwogs)

  1. (US, dialectal) A tadpole.
    • 1897, L. Frank Baum, “The Story of Tommy Tucker”, in Mother Goose in Prose:
      So Tommy sang the following verse: “The cold got worse, The frog got hoarse, Till croaking he scared a polliwog!”

Translations

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tadpole — see tadpole

References

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  1. ^ “polliwog”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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