'Tadpole fish' definitions:
Definition of 'Tadpole fish'
From: GCIDE
- 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. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) The hooded merganser. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- Tadpole fish. (Zool.) See Forkbeard (a) . [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'tadpole fish'
From: GCIDE
- Forkbeard \Fork"beard`\, n. (Zool.) (a) A European fish (Raniceps raninus), having a large flat head; -- also called tadpole fish, and {lesser forked beard}. (b) The European forked hake or hake's-dame ({Phycis blennoides}); -- also called great forked beard. [1913 Webster]