polliwog

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Among the masses of fauna, the pigeon occupies a rung on the human scale of fuzzy affection somewhere between a common garden slug and the lesser polliwog.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2021

He envisioned the snug Aircar as every man's airplane, affectionately called it his polliwog.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Governor General of the Philippine Islands was dealt with as a polliwog, went ashore a short time later to be regaled in the palace of the Dutch Viceroy in Batavia.

From Time Magazine Archive

By comparison, Klete Keller, America's best 400-m man, and no polliwog, swam 3:47.18 last month--a new U.S. record.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The old polliwog looks something like King Anko," said one of them.

From The Sea Fairies by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)