Tadpole

As a tadpole grows, the tail disappears and legs begin to form.

It looks like a tadpole.

As the tadpole grows, its tail disappears and it sprouts legs.

This tree was carved into a tadpole.

salamander tadpole

Shouldn't you tadpoles be in bed?

Woman's voice: You impudent imp! You tadpole! You shrimp!

“[H]ere's this Tooralooral tadpole of a Mayor shovin' his nose into the business and arrestin' our Puddin' without rhyme or reason.”