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Word entry · 8 letters

pollywog

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"Frog larva"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted glloopwyStarts with PEnds with G1 clues
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Filled answer is this word (POLLYWOG).

Definitions

  1. a larval frog or toad

Word origin

From earlier polwigge, from Middle English polwygle, equal to poll (“head”) + wiggle.

Used in a sentence

  • So Tommy sang the following verse: “The cold got worse, The frog got hoarse, Till croaking he scared a polliwog!”
  • I grew up on the Mississippi River and as a youth I fished, camped, and pollywogged for clams on the river, but I never found a pearl.
  • I guess he figured I could make it back to the bank on my own. I stayed out there and kind of pollywogged up and down getting my breath. The cool water felt so good.

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