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Tadpole fish
Tadpole Tad"pole`, n. [OE. tadde toad (AS. t[=a]die, t[=a]dige) + poll; properly, a toad that is or seems all head. See Toad, and Poll.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) The young aquatic larva of any amphibian. In this stage it breathes by means of external or internal gills, is at first destitute of legs, and has a finlike tail. Called also polliwig, polliwog, porwiggle, or purwiggy. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The hooded merganser. [Local, U. S.] Tadpole fish. (Zo["o]l.) See Forkbeard (a) .

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- The jellynose fishes or tadpole fishes are the small order Ateleopodiformes. This group of ray-finned fish is monotypic, containing a single family Ateleopodidae...
- Surgeonfish Swallower Swamp-eel Swampfish Sweeper Swordfish Swordtail Tadpole cod Tadpole fish Tailor Taimen Tang Tapetail Tarpon Tarwhine Telescopefish Temperate...
- Guttigadus globosus, the tadpole cod, is a deepwater fish found in the oceanic islands off New Zealand and in the mid South Atlantic at depths ranging...
- The tadpole madtom (Noturus gyrinus) is a species of fish in the family Ictaluridae. It is native to Canada and the United States. An adult tadpole madtom...
- Raniceps raninus, the tadpole fish, is a species of Gadidae fish native to the northeast Atlantic Ocean around the coasts of France, Ireland, and the United...
- aquatic, though some species of amphibians have tadpoles that are terrestrial. Tadpoles have some fish-like features that may not be found in adult amphibians...
- cod, Euclichthyidae (one species). The tadpole cod family (Ranicipitidae) has now been placed in Gadidae. Some fish have common names derived from "cod"...
- Micromesistius pout****ou Pollock, Pollachius pollachus Saithe, Pollachius virens Tadpole fish, Raniceps raninus Norway pout, Trisopterus esmarcki Pouting, Trisopterus...
- The tadpole-gobies (Benthophilus), also called pugolovkas (which means "tadpole" in Russian), are a genus of Ponto-Caspian fish in the family Gobiidae...
- the gills. Some species are carnivorous at the tadpole stage, eating insects, smaller tadpoles, and fish. The Cuban tree frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis)...