tadpole
Example Sentences
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“Everybody can remember catching frogs or tadpoles as a kid. The joy of discovery is incredible.”
From Washington Post
As a girl, McDowell enjoyed spending summer days at the river, where she waded, played among the tules and admired the tadpoles.
From Los Angeles Times
The tortoise has a very constricted diet of invertebrates and tadpoles and breeds slowly, meaning its population is unlikely to explode.
From New York Times
Some ponds will need to be cleared of vegetation and drained to remove predator larvae that threaten tadpoles.
From BBC
Zoo’s bounty of new arrivals, the Aquarium of the Pacific and the Santa Ana Zoo installed holding facilities equipped to rear tadpoles into froglets available for reintroduction projects.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
