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tadpole

[tad-pohl] / ˈtæd poʊl /






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Populations with fewer peptides during the tadpole stage continued to suffer high death rates.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

"This detailed work on a bunch of simply glorious fossils nails it that they went straight into a juvenile phase so didn't need to go through the tadpole stage."

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

"This image swirls with light, energy and a feeling of synchronised movement between the lilies and the tadpole tails," said Kathy Moran, Jury Chair and Editor.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024

Under the right conditions, the spadefoot tadpole will transform into a voracious predator of its own species.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 30, 2023

I decide not to tell him that I ended up being sent back to tadpole after almost drowning another camper while I flailed around in the deep end.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

Cullmann had noticed tadpoles on a previous visit after heavy rains and returned the following month to find ponds and puddles full of young bullfrogs.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

That's not what we would expect to see in amphibians, whose metamorphosis from tadpoles into adults includes much more dramatic rearranging and development of organs and limbs.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

A snapshot of wriggling toad tadpoles has earned Shane Gross the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024

At another point, McNeish stopped at a dry depression and poked her yardstick into tangled aquatic plants, finding dead tadpoles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

Thousands of black tadpoles scattered before him as he clambered through the shallows.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer




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