tadpole

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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

The stability in personality traits is especially interesting in amphibians, as they undergo major morphological and ecological changes during metamorphosis from tadpole to frog.

From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023

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

From Scientific American • Oct. 30, 2023

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