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tadpole

[tad-pohl] / ˈtæd poʊl /






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"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

During these weeks, a frog embryo develops to a young tadpole, a tadpole with two legs, and a young froglet with four legs before reaching the adult stage.

From Science Daily Nov. 26, 2024

"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

Scientists have compiled many more nematode connectomes, as well as brain maps of a marine annelid worm, a tadpole, a maggot and an adult fruit fly.

From Scientific American Aug. 21, 2023

Pilar slipped out like a tadpole, dark, hairless, and eager for light.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

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

The research team collected frog eggs from nine populations and allowed them to hatch into tadpoles.

From Science Daily Apr. 23, 2024

She passes developments that from the air look like petri dishes of tadpoles, each tadpole head a cul-de-sac.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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