polliwog

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
18
Letters
8

Definition of polliwog

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US, dialectal)A tadpole.
    “So Tommy sang the following verse: “The cold got worse, The frog got hoarse, Till croaking he scared a polliwog!””

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Etymology

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

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