tadpole

• n. オタマジャクシ

語源はtadde（ヒキガエル）、語源はtoad（ヒキガエル）と同じ、語源はpol（ポール）、語源はpoll（ポール）と同じ。

tadpole

tadpole: [15] A tadpole is etymologically a ‘toad-head’. The word was coined from Middle English tadde ‘toad’ and pol ‘head’ (ancestor of modern English poll ‘voting’, historically a counting of ‘heads’). Tadpoles, with their moonlike faces appearing to take up about half of their small globular bodies, seem rather like animated heads.
=> poll, toad

tadpole (n.)

mid-15c., from tadde "toad" (see toad) + pol "head" (see poll (n.)).

1. A tadpole transforms into a frog.

オタマジャクシはカエルになる.

2.A few days after the eggs are laid，young frogs which are called tadpole come out of them.

卵が産まれて数日後、オタマジャクシと呼ばれるカエルの幼虫が卵から出てきた。

3.As a tadpole changes into a frog，its tail is gradually absorbed.

オタマジャクシがカエルになり、尾が吸収されていく。

4.The tadpole is the larva of the frog.

オタマジャクシはカエルの幼生である。

5.What would we do if this patient were not just a tadpole ？

この患者がオタマジャクシでなければどうする？