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Polliwog

{

Pol′li-wig

,

Pol′li-wog

}

,

Noun.

[OE.

polwigle

. Cf.

head, and

.]

(Zool.)

A tadpole; – called also

purwiggy

and

porwigle

.

Definition 2024

polliwog

polliwog

English

Alternative forms

Noun

polliwog ‎(plural polliwogs)

(US, dialectal) A tadpole.

References

polliwog in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913