As a tadpole grows, the tail disappears and legs begin to form.
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Tadpole
//ˈtædpoʊl//
Synonyms for "tadpole" (49 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (24)
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156 translations across 116 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- kikvors noun (toad or frog larva)
- paddavis noun (toad or frog larva)
- paddavissie noun (toad or frog larva)
Albanian
1 entries- fulterëz noun (toad or frog larva)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- γυρῖνος noun (toad or frog larva)
Arabic
1 entries- شُرْغُوف noun (toad or frog larva)
Armenian
1 entries- շերեփուկ noun (toad or frog larva)
Asi
1 entries- ulong-ulong noun (toad or frog larva)
Assamese
1 entries- লালুকী noun (toad or frog larva)
Asturian
2 entries- rancuayu noun (toad or frog larva)
- renacuayu noun (toad or frog larva)
Avar
1 entries- къоркъотӏинчӏ noun (toad or frog larva)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- çömçəquyruq noun (toad or frog larva)
Basque
1 entries- zapaburu noun (toad or frog larva)
Belarusian
1 entries- апало́нік noun (toad or frog larva)
Bengali
1 entries- বেঙাচি noun (toad or frog larva)
Bulgarian
1 entries- попова лъжичка noun (toad or frog larva)
Burmese
2 entries- ဖားတစ်ပိုင်းငါးတစ်ပိုင်း noun (toad or frog larva)
- ဖားလောင်း noun (toad or frog larva)
Catalan
2 entries- capgròs noun (toad or frog larva)
- cullerot noun (toad or frog larva)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- سەرمێکوتە noun (toad or frog larva)
Central Melanau
1 entries- belakedou noun (toad or frog larva)
Chechen
1 entries- сеса noun (toad or frog larva)
Chichewa
1 entries- mbululu noun (toad or frog larva)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 蝌蚪 noun (toad or frog larva)
Czech
1 entries- pulec noun (toad or frog larva)
Danish
1 entries- haletudse noun (toad or frog larva)
Drung
1 entries- naku noun (toad or frog larva)
Dutch
3 entries- dikkop noun (toad or frog larva)
- dikkopje noun (toad or frog larva)
- kikkervisje noun (toad or frog larva)
Eastern Cham
1 entries- ꨀꨗꩀ ꨯꨗꨱꩀ noun (toad or frog larva)
Erzya
1 entries- ботпря noun (toad or frog larva)
Esperanto
2 entries- bufido noun (toad or frog larva)
- ranido noun (toad or frog larva)
Estonian
1 entries- kulles noun (toad or frog larva)
Faroese
1 entries- halapadda noun (toad or frog larva)
Finnish
1 entries- nuijapää noun (toad or frog larva)
French
1 entries- têtard noun (toad or frog larva)
Galician
3 entries- cabezudo noun (toad or frog larva)
- culler noun (toad or frog larva)
- cágado noun (toad or frog larva)
Georgian
1 entries- თავკომბალა noun (toad or frog larva)
German
1 entries- Kaulquappe noun (toad or frog larva)
Gooniyandi
1 entries- gilyjirrjgi noun (toad or frog larva)
Greek
1 entries- γυρίνος noun (toad or frog larva)
Hebrew
1 entries- רֹאשָׁן noun (toad or frog larva)
Hindi
3 entries- टैडपोल noun (toad or frog larva)
- बेंगची noun (toad or frog larva)
- मेंढक का बच्चा noun (toad or frog larva)
Hungarian
1 entries- ebihal noun (toad or frog larva)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Mollekopp noun (toad or frog larva)
Iban
2 entries- emburi noun (toad or frog larva)
- empa noun (toad or frog larva)
Icelandic
2 entries- froskungi noun (toad or frog larva)
- halakarta noun (toad or frog larva)
Indonesian
1 entries- berudu noun (toad or frog larva)
Ingrian
3 entries- naappapää noun (toad or frog larva)
- naappojain noun (toad or frog larva)
- naappopää noun (toad or frog larva)
Interlingua
1 entries- larva de rana noun (toad or frog larva)
Irish
1 entries- torbán noun (toad or frog larva)
Isan
1 entries- ฮวก noun (toad or frog larva)
Italian
1 entries- girino noun (toad or frog larva)
Japanese
4 entries- おたまじゃくし noun (toad or frog larva)
- お玉杓子 noun (toad or frog larva)
- オタマジャクシ noun (toad or frog larva)
- 蝌蚪 noun (toad or frog larva)
Javanese
1 entries- kecebong noun (toad or frog larva)
Kalmyk
1 entries- шанһ хорха noun (toad or frog larva)
Kamta
2 entries- নুকা noun (toad or frog larva)
- নুকী noun (toad or frog larva)
Kazakh
2 entries- бақашабақ noun (toad or frog larva)
- ит балық noun (toad or frog larva)
Khmer
2 entries- ក្អាត់ noun (toad or frog larva)
- ក្អុក noun (toad or frog larva)
Korean
1 entries- 올챙이 noun (toad or frog larva)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- көнөкбаш noun (toad or frog larva)
Lao
1 entries- ຮວກ noun (toad or frog larva)
Latgalian
1 entries- kūrcaklys noun (toad or frog larva)
Latin
2 entries- ranula noun (toad or frog larva)
- ranunculus noun (toad or frog larva)
Latvian
1 entries- kurkulis noun (toad or frog larva)
Lezgi
1 entries- варвар noun (toad or frog larva)
Lithuanian
1 entries- buožgalvis noun (toad or frog larva)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Kauzekapp noun (toad or frog larva)
Macedonian
1 entries- полногла́вец noun (toad or frog larva)
Malagasy
1 entries- tsiboboka noun (toad or frog larva)
Malay
2 entries- berudu noun (toad or frog larva)
- cebong noun (toad or frog larva)
Maltese
1 entries- marżebb noun (toad or frog larva)
Masbatenyo
1 entries- ulu-ulo noun (toad or frog larva)
Mongolian
2 entries- шанаган хорхой noun (toad or frog larva)
- ᠰᠢᠨᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠬᠣᠷᠤᠬᠠᠢ noun (toad or frog larva)
Māori
2 entries- hua poraka noun (toad or frog larva)
- punua poraka noun (toad or frog larva)
Navajo
1 entries- tsʼǫʼasánii noun (toad or frog larva)
Nepali
1 entries- चेपागाडा noun (toad or frog larva)
Nkonya
1 entries- nwunkpodikpodi noun (toad or frog larva)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- rumpetroll noun (toad or frog larva)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- lappause noun (toad or frog larva)
- rumpetroll noun (toad or frog larva)
Nuosu
1 entries- ꀌꀠꒊꆱ noun (toad or frog larva)
Ojibwe
1 entries- boodoonh noun (toad or frog larva)
Ossetian
1 entries- къӕбила noun (toad or frog larva)
Pacoh
1 entries- apêq noun (toad or frog larva)
Pawnee
1 entries- paksaku noun (toad or frog larva)
Persian
3 entries- بچه قورباغه noun (toad or frog larva)
- کفلیسک noun (toad or frog larva)
- کفچلیز noun (toad or frog larva)
Polish
1 entries- kijanka noun (toad or frog larva)
Portuguese
1 entries- girino noun (toad or frog larva)
Romanian
1 entries- mormoloc noun (toad or frog larva)
Russian
1 entries- голова́стик noun (toad or frog larva)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ceann-phollan noun (toad or frog larva)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- punoglavac noun (toad or frog larva)
- пуноглавац noun (toad or frog larva)
Shan
1 entries- ႁူၵ်ႈ noun (toad or frog larva)
Slovak
1 entries- žubrienka noun (toad or frog larva)
Slovene
1 entries- paglavec noun (toad or frog larva)
Spanish
2 entries- ranacuajo noun (toad or frog larva)
- renacuajo noun (toad or frog larva)
Swahili
1 entries- kiluwiluwi noun (toad or frog larva)
Swedish
2 entries- grodyngel noun (toad or frog larva)
- yngel noun (toad or frog larva)
Tagal Murut
1 entries- tibulu noun (toad or frog larva)
Tagalog
3 entries- butete noun (toad or frog larva)
- kitikiti noun (toad or frog larva)
- uluulo noun (toad or frog larva)
Tai Dam
1 entries- ꪅꪺꪀ noun (toad or frog larva)
Tajik
1 entries- кафлесак noun (toad or frog larva)
Tamil
3 entries- தலைப்பிரட்டை noun (toad or frog larva)
- தவளைக்குஞ்சு noun (toad or frog larva)
- தவளைக்குட்டி noun (toad or frog larva)
Tboli
1 entries- bikol noun (toad or frog larva)
Telugu
1 entries- తోకకప్ప noun (toad or frog larva)
Thai
1 entries- ลูกอ๊อด noun (toad or frog larva)
Tibetan
1 entries- ལྕོང་མོ noun (toad or frog larva)
Turkish
1 entries- iribaş noun (toad or frog larva)
Tuvan
1 entries- пага төлү noun (toad or frog larva)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пу́головок noun (toad or frog larva)
Unami
1 entries- tunahkikwe noun (toad or frog larva)
Uyghur
1 entries- قۇمچاق noun (toad or frog larva)
Uzbek
1 entries- itbaliq noun (toad or frog larva)
Vietnamese
3 entries- nòng nọc noun (toad or frog larva)
- nọc nọc noun (toad or frog larva)
- óc nóc noun (toad or frog larva)
Welsh
2 entries- grifft noun (toad or frog larva)
- penbwl noun (toad or frog larva)
West Coast Bajau
1 entries- jejantik noun (toad or frog larva)
Wu Chinese
2 entries- 拿摩溫 /拿摩温 noun (toad or frog larva)
- 蝌蚪 noun (toad or frog larva)
Yiddish
1 entries- קאָפּעקל noun (toad or frog larva)
Yoruba
1 entries- légbélègbé noun (toad or frog larva)
Zhuang
1 entries- duzrug noun (toad or frog larva)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
It looks like a tadpole.
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As the tadpole grows, its tail disappears and it sprouts legs.
Source: tatoeba (10616111)
This tree was carved into a tadpole.
Source: tatoeba (10855054)
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