polliwog

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For the uninitiated, reading such deep psychodrama into a story about a couple of anthropomorphic polliwogs might seem a bit much.

From Slate • Jul. 3, 2020

In nearby Rancho Cordova, Steve Stagnaro, 12, roamed freely, earning cash picking pears and alfalfa, meandering to school along an irrigation ditch with this friends, stopping to catch polliwogs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2018

Said Frustaci after touching them during one visit: "They were kicking like little polliwogs."

From Time Magazine Archive

Those which were maintained at 59° F. grew thick shells, became female polliwogs.

From Time Magazine Archive

When fifteen partly developed polliwogs are found in the pouches of one little frog, he looks as if he had gorged himself to bursting with tadpoles.

From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by Beebe, William