polliwog
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Among the masses of fauna, the pigeon occupies a rung on the human scale of fuzzy affection somewhere between a common garden slug and the lesser polliwog.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2021
The Governor General of the Philippine Islands was dealt with as a polliwog, went ashore a short time later to be regaled in the palace of the Dutch Viceroy in Batavia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ancestors of the newt, the polliwog, the lizard and the water snake.
From Time Magazine Archive
By comparison, Klete Keller, America's best 400-m man, and no polliwog, swam 3:47.18 last month--a new U.S. record.
From Time Magazine Archive
The chatter of society has succeeded that of the goose and the polliwog.
From 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry by Irving Bacheller
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