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They named it Miss Millie Pollywog, a portmanteau of Earhart’s nickname and sailor’s slang for someone who hasn’t crossed the Equator.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2024

SUN Use nets to search for salamander eggs, tadpoles, dragonfly nymphs and other creatures in Pollywog Pond, 1 p.m.

From Seattle Times • May 3, 2018

Pollywog Truman cheerfully donned a baker's cap, saw to it that others in his entourage conformed to the prescribed pollywog costume of trousers, loud shirts and ties worn backward.*

From Time Magazine Archive

As No. 1 Pollywog, Truman was first�but was let off easy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Still, he crept warily down to Pollywog Pond for his breakfast, stepping high, because he hated wet feet.

From The Adventures of Fleetfoot and Her Fawns by Chaffee, Allen