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tadpolish en · ADJ

Etymology

From tadpole + -ish.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a tadpole.
   • In the case of the human figure, the lowest level of the scale represents a global or tadpolish figure... 2004, Claire Golomb, The child's creation of a pictorial world, page 306:
   • The swampy pools, such as the jungle abounds in, seem to be her ideal. The eggs in due course of time hatch out into tiny tadpolish larvae. 1912, Arthur Bullard, Panama: the canal, the country and the people:

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Synonyms

tadpoley