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tadpole

[tad-pohl] / ˈtæd poʊl /






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Rearing the snails - as well as other critically endangered invertebrates such as scarlet malachite beetles, ladybird spiders and tadpole shrimp - has become a family affair.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

In contrast, toads from the struggling population produced far fewer of these protective peptides during the tadpole stage, leaving them less prepared once they matured.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

"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

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

Cullmann had noticed tadpoles on a previous visit after heavy rains and returned the following month to find ponds and puddles full of young bullfrogs.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

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

I wanted to show her what I learned: that we are never alone among the tadpoles, silt and stones, that we belong to nature too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025

Southern Darwin's frog tadpoles grow up inside the vocal sacs of their fathers and are 'born' through their mouths as froglets.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2025

Sometimes Trampita and I watched tadpoles and little fish in the nearby reservoir.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez


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