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pollywog

▶noun variant spelling of polliwog.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
polliwog /ˈpɒliwɒɡ/ (also pollywog)

▶noun dialect & N. Amer. a tadpole.

– origin ME (earlier as pollywiggle): from poll in the sense ‘head’ + wiggle.

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