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Computer manufacturing company
Tadpole Computer was a manufacturer of rugged, military specification UNIX workstations, thin client laptops, and lightweight servers. Tadpole was founded
Tadpole_Computer
American defense manufacturing conglomerate
Post-Gazette. Retrieved April 23, 2020. "General Dynamics acquires Tadpole Computer". Aviation Week & Space Technology. August 17, 2005. Retrieved April
General_Dynamics
constitute personal computers (including desktop computers, portable computers, laptops, all-in-ones, and more), mainframe computers, minicomputers, servers
List of computer system manufacturers
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Topics referred to by the same term
Spunky and Tadpole, which aired from 1958 to 1961 Tadpole (physics), a type of Feynman diagram Tadpole Computer, an American computer company Tadpole Bridge
Tadpole_(disambiguation)
Computer virus discovered in 1990
left in the ASCII table by 10 characters turns the string into "tadpoles". Computer virus "The Whale Virus". My cal. Retrieved 14 February 2013. Solomon
Whale_(computer_virus)
Series of laptops by IBM
by IBM was the RS/6000 Model N40, which was developed together with Tadpole Computer. It was announced in March 1994. The start of the sale was announced
ThinkPad_Power_Series
Vehicle with three wheels
safety when braking, an increasingly popular form is the front-steering "tadpole" or "reverse trike" sometimes with front drive but usually with rear drive
Three-wheeler
American actress (born 1983)
the Sundance Film Festival award-winning films Joe the King (1999) and Tadpole (2002), alongside Sigourney Weaver. Mara co-starred in Peoples (2004),
Kate_Mara
British computer hardware company
Telecom Signs with Torch, Tadpole". Unigram/X. 14 June 1986. p. 3. Retrieved 3 October 2025. "British Telecom M6000-Series Computers". British Telecommunications
Torch_Computers
Family of amphibians
3) terminal phalanges T-shaped; 4) exotroph, lotic, burrower/fossorial tadpoles with a vermiform body and dorsal C-shaped eyes, that live buried within
Glass_frog
1990s line of RISC servers and workstations from IBM
The Model N40 was a PowerPC-based laptop developed and manufactured by Tadpole Technology in conjunction with IBM. It was released on 25 March 1994, priced
IBM_RS/6000
T-Rex — IBM z990 mainframe computer Tabasco — Sun Redundant Storage Module Tactical Domestic Simulator — The Sims Tadpole — Sun 5 GB 4 mm Taj Mahal —
List of computer technology code names
List_of_computer_technology_code_names
Computer science algorithm
exploration on a restricted graph class: Optimal solutions for tadpole graphs". Theoretical Computer Science. 839: 176–185. arXiv:1903.00581. doi:10.1016/j.tcs
Graph_traversal
American children's Puppetry television series
red-eyed tree frog. Wartz has gone through his metamorphosis, growing from a tadpole into a frog in the very first episode. He is best friends with Smooch and
It's_a_Big_Big_World
Series of thin client computer
UltraSlim – Sun Ray 2 variant produced by Arima Tadpole M1400 – Sun Ray 2 notebook with 3G support produced by Tadpole The Sun Ray 1 clients initially used a 100 MHz
Sun_Ray
Airborne early warning and control aircraft
improve the design. The unreliable rotary drum computer was replaced by a Litton L-304 digital computer and various avionics systems were replaced – the
Grumman_E-2_Hawkeye
1960 attack strike aircraft family by Grumman
number of nicknames, including "Double Ugly", "The Mighty Alpha Six", "Iron Tadpole" and also "Drumstick". Following the Gulf War, Intruders were used to patrol
Grumman_A-6_Intruder
Workstations and servers introduced from 1995–2006
Sun Java Workstation. The A60 Ultra 3 mobile workstation rebadged the Tadpole SPARCle (550 and 650 MHz) and Viper (1.2 GHz) laptops. The A61 Ultra 3
Sun_Ultra
2020s animated TV series
new things as well. Lala (voiced by Grace Lu) is a Chinese litter frog tadpole who was introduced in Season 3. She is very optimistic about having new
Madagascar:_A_Little_Wild
interaction Path-ordering Landau pole Higgs mechanism Wilson line Wilson loop Tadpole (physics) Lattice gauge theory BRST charge Anomaly (physics) Chiral anomaly
List of mathematical topics in quantum theory
List_of_mathematical_topics_in_quantum_theory
American motorcycle company
opted for their most radical design to date, an all-electric prone-rider tadpole trike with caterpillar tracks instead of wheels. James fielded one of his
Paul_Jr._Designs
14th episode of the 9th season of The Simpsons
business, does not provide any goods or services, and does not even own a computer. He is later visited by Bill Gates and his goons, who offer to buy out
Das_Bus
2023 video game
illithid (mind flayer) flying ship. They are infected with a parasitic tadpole that enthralls and transforms people into illithids; however, the transformation
Baldur's_Gate_3
64-bit RISC instruction set architecture
Multia VX40/41/42 compact workstation and the ALPHAbook 1 laptop from Tadpole Technology. In 1994, DEC launched a new range of AlphaStation and AlphaServer
DEC_Alpha
1996 video game
accompanies Mario to Tadpole Pond so they can get advice from the Frog Sage, Mallow's grandfather. He reveals that Mallow is not really a tadpole, and says Mallow
Super_Mario_RPG
Simplistic drawing of a person
Blissymbols – Ideographic writing system Tidyman (Keep Britain Tidy) Tadpole person Ampelmännchen "Definition of stick figure | Dictionary.com". www
Stick_figure
Star Wars character also known as Baby Yoda
Lady, during which time the eggs hatch and Grogu bonds with the newborn tadpoles. In "Chapter 12: The Siege", the Mandalorian and Grogu return to Nevarro
Grogu
Christmas Watty Piper c-10m November 16, 1967 Animated cartoon The Little Tadpole Who Grew Mary J. Bushong c-10m September 7, 1976 The Littlest Angel David
List_of_Coronet_Films_films
Measure of lipophilicity and hydrophilicity
Charles Ernest Overton and Hans Horst Meyer independently proposed that the tadpole toxicity of non-ionizable organic compounds depends on their ability to
Octanol-water partition coefficient
Octanol-water_partition_coefficient
2003 American film
The ChubbChubbs!. The 3-minute film is following a tadpole who grows legs before the other tadpoles and is teased for it until the others unexpectedly
Early_Bloomer
Theoretical astrophysicist
for Lars Hernquist (Q3218144). Chown, Marcus (June 1, 1996). "Science : Tadpole galaxies are lightweights". New Scientist. Retrieved November 26, 2023
Lars_Hernquist
Retrieved June 1, 2020. Thomas, Kevin (July 19, 2002). "Good-Natured 'Tadpole' Hampered by Technical Flaw". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the
List of Sigourney Weaver performances
List_of_Sigourney_Weaver_performances
American heavy strategic bomber
finish in radar-absorbing paint. A key improvement was the introduction of computer models used to predict the radar reflections from flat surfaces where collected
Northrop_B-2_Spirit
renormalization technique originating from QFT, based on the concept of tadpole renormalization, can be a very effective approach for computing functional
Polymer_field_theory
Multimedia device
(particularly the CDTV, since both the VIS and CDTV were adaptations of existing computer platforms and operating systems to the set-top-box design). The VIS systems
Tandy Video Information System
Tandy_Video_Information_System
Some Possible Functions of English Emoticons and Japanese Kaomoji in Computer-Mediated Discourse. Association of Internet Researchers Annual Conference
List_of_emoticons
American aerospace and defense company
to settle out of court. From August 25 to September 2, 2010, Virginia's computer system operated by NG, under a $2.4 billion contract, experienced an outage
Northrop_Grumman
Popularized by YouTuber Ben Deach. Luigi The closest hand to the Mario hand 82 Tadpole An answer to the statement, "What the duck ate." The Ball Buster This hand
List of poker playing card nicknames
List_of_poker_playing_card_nicknames
Carrier-based multi-role fighter aircraft family
conversion of F-14As, giving a total of 55 F-14Ds. An upgrade to the F-14D's computer software to allow AIM-120 AMRAAM missile capability was planned but was
Grumman_F-14_Tomcat
2009 live-action animated film by Betty Thomas
"Music in Media / Guild of Music Supervisors Holds First Awards Brunch". Tadpole Audio. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved January 15
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Alvin_and_the_Chipmunks:_The_Squeakquel
Raptorial winged insects
feed on a range of freshwater invertebrates and larger ones can prey on tadpoles and small fish. Naiads of one species, Phanogomphus militaris, may even
Dragonfly
Characters from the Muppets franchise
cheer him up. In the animated Muppet Babies series, Robin appeared as a tadpole in a fish bowl, as all the characters were younger versions of their live-action
List_of_Muppets
Type of bicycle
headset through a system of rods or cables and possibly a bell crank. Most tadpole trikes are USS. Center steered or pivot steered recumbents, such as Pythons
Recumbent_bicycle
laptops and were even produced for other companies like AST, Apple and Tadpole. 50 MHz 486SLC2 Cirrus Logic WD90C26 Video chipset 7.24" Monochrome STN
ThinkPad_500
Systemic herbicide and crop desiccant
Glyphosate-based formulations can cause oxidative stress in bullfrog tadpoles. A 2003 study of various formulations of glyphosate found, "[the] risk
Glyphosate
2019 film by Quentin Tarantino
Jay Hunter as Deliah Kansas Bowling as "Blue" Parker Love Bowling as "Tadpole" Cassidy Vick Hice as "Sundance" Ruby Rose Skotchdople as "Butterfly" Danielle
Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Hollywood
Hormone released by the pineal gland
that feeding extracts from the pineal glands of cows caused the skin of tadpoles to lighten by contracting the dark epidermal melanophores. The hormone
Melatonin
into rescue mode to stop the ooze from reaching the eggs and developing tadpoles. The Kratt bros, meanwhile, swim upstream to stop Zach with their frog
List_of_Wild_Kratts_episodes
Land warfare involving static fortification of lines
This British Mark IV tank displays a "tadpole tail" extension for crossing especially wide trenches, an experiment that was not successful
Trench_warfare
animal, a frog using intact nuclei from the somatic cells of a Xenopus tadpole by Sir John Gurdon. 1950 onward: the pioneering of the use of Xenopus eggs
List of English inventions and discoveries
List_of_English_inventions_and_discoveries
Interpreted programming language first released in 1987
S2CID 61028367. Gilbert, James G. R. (March 2002). "How to become a programming tadpole". Nature Biotechnology. 20 (3): 221. doi:10.1038/nbt0302-221. ISSN 1087-0156
Perl
Fictional youngster in comic novels by Sue Townsend
which the BBC is reluctant to produce. Another of his works, The Restless Tadpole: An Opus, is described by one potential agent as "effete crap". As a young
Adrian_Mole
American animated television series
small polliwog who is Kermit's nephew. He has a tail due to being in his tadpole state. Scooter (voiced by Ogie Banks) is a young boy who wears a green
Muppet Babies (2018 TV series)
Muppet_Babies_(2018_TV_series)
1999 Sega Dreamcast video game
the baby Gillman but instead of a fish-like appearance, they resemble tadpoles. In addition, they still retain the same deep voice that their parents
Seaman_(video_game)
Monkey Mimi the Monkey Zen the Zebra Baby Zebra Parrot (Grow with Me) Tadpole Flip the Frog Patch the Panda Baby Panda Seal Baby Seal Baabra the Lamb
List_of_Baby_Einstein_videos
Protein in wheat and other cereals
follows an elliptical shape. More specifically the protein likely has a tadpole-like structure with a hydrophobic core and a loose disordered tail. Compared
Gliadin
Private school in New York City
Richard Grant White – musical critic and scholar Gary Winick – director of Tadpole, 13 Going on 30, and Charlotte's Web (2006 version) Lee S. Wolosky – former
Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
Columbia_Grammar_&_Preparatory_School
where they rolled, which would later fill with rain, providing homes for tadpoles and frogs. When the bison no longer exist, these species disappear. According
Environmental history of the United States
Environmental_history_of_the_United_States
Microprocessor
their products which had previously used the 21066. Outside of Digital, Tadpole Technology used a 233 MHz model in their ALPHAbook 1 notebook. The 21066A
Alpha_21064
2003 film by Bryan Singer
Stanford in the role after they were impressed with his performance in Tadpole. Kelly Hu as Yuriko Oyama / Deathstrike: A mutant with a healing ability
X2_(film)
Swimming underwater, breathing gas carried by the diver
Retrieved 3 August 2017. Campbell, Bob (Summer 2006). "Siebe-Gorman's 'Tadpole' set". Historical Diving Times (39). Archived from the original on 8 December
Scuba_diving
Indian defense projects under DRDO
sonar meant for use by the Naval ALH, working in conjunction with its Tadpole sonobuoy. The Panchendriya is in production for the Kilo class submarine
Projects_of_DRDO
Winners of satirical science award
firsthand report, "On the Comparative Palatability of Some Dry-Season Tadpoles from Costa Rica". Chemistry: Presented to Donatella Marazziti, Alessandra
List of Ig Nobel Prize winners
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Fictional universe
must be kept together to hatch. Newborn Zora have the appearance of a tadpole. The appearance of some creatures varies across different titles of the
Universe of The Legend of Zelda
Universe_of_The_Legend_of_Zelda
Gurdon clones a frog using somatic-cell nuclear transfer from a Xenopus tadpole. Anne McLaren, with John D. Biggers, reports the first mammals, a litter
1958_in_science
Development of 2011 video game
also added a new type of wood, mud blocks, boats with chests, frogs and tadpoles. The update was originally going to add fireflies that could be eaten by
Development of Minecraft: Java Edition
Development_of_Minecraft:_Java_Edition
American astronaut (1929–2022)
looked like disc-shaped objects with tails, which became known as the "tadpole" photo. McDivitt has identified these as reflections of bolts in the multipaned
James_McDivitt
Lord, 78, Canadian film director (Deliver Us from Evil, Toby McTeague, Tadpole and the Whale) and screenwriter, stroke. Aurora del Mar, 87, Argentine
Deaths_in_January_2022
1996 superhero film by Simon Wincer
wised up. With a straight-arrow hero and villains that wouldn't scare a tadpole, it holds our interest via its human scale and the pleasure it takes in
The_Phantom_(1996_film)
City in California, United States
Rocks, and pigeons and gulls populate the sidewalks and parking lots. Tadpoles and frogs can be found in the local creeks and vernal pools. Field mice
Richmond,_California
Part of an eye
becomes a series of pinholes arranged in a U-shape. In a few amphibians, the tadpole has a similarly shaped structure named the elygium, although it is disputed
Pupil
topochemical atom (ETA) indices. VI. Acute toxicity of benzene derivatives to tadpoles (Rana japonica)". Journal of Molecular Modeling. 12 (3): 306–16. doi:10
Topological_index
BFI. Retrieved 2023-04-15. Goldstein, Patrick (2002-07-09). "Digital's 'Tadpole' Phase". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-11-16. Bankston, Douglas (1
List of films shot on digital video prior to 2012
List_of_films_shot_on_digital_video_prior_to_2012
(English) A group of amphibian Digimon that live in a castle, the Rookie-level tadpole-themed Otamamon and Champion-level frog-themed Gekomon serve Ultimate-level
List of Digimon Adventure characters
List_of_Digimon_Adventure_characters
Educational film and video series
That Makes Animals Special 1995 National Geographic Kids Video Geo Kids: Tadpoles, Dragonflies, and the Caterpillar's Big Change 1995 Educational Video Presentations
National_Geographic_Video
Eclipse Games August 23, 2017 May 12, 2016 April 1, 2016 March 31, 2016 Tadpole Treble Bitfinity Bitfinity Unreleased August 11, 2016 Unreleased Unreleased
List_of_Wii_U_games
Cold War computer and radar manufacturer
(RBS), as well as Korean War ground-directed bombing (GDB) controlled by TADPOLE sites. "Reeves Instrument Corporation [was] a wholly owned subsidiary of
Reeves_Instrument_Corporation
rectangular buckle diagonally across his body. However, when he was a tadpole, he had a skull symbol on his belly. His Afro, which is rarely seen, is
List_of_Sgt._Frog_characters
Origins and development of diving using breathing gas carried by the diver
sous-marine!" (in French). Campbell, Bob (Summer 2006). "Siebe-Gorman's 'Tadpole' set". Historical Diving Times (39). Retrieved 3 August 2017. Roberts,
History_of_scuba_diving
Crew The Aristocats The Boatniks Catch-22 The Cheyenne Social Club The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes Doctor in Trouble Hi, Mom! Hoffman How Do I Love Thee
List_of_American_comedy_films
Translation mistakes amusing to native speakers
ridiculous readings such as "female horse fastened with wax", or "bite the wax tadpole". There was hence a need to find four Chinese characters with pronunciations
Humour_in_translation
2007 film
clues about the Star of Bethlehem. Larson used the Starry Night astronomy computer program along with an article written by astronomer Craig Chester; based
The Star of Bethlehem (2007 film)
The_Star_of_Bethlehem_(2007_film)
Theory of a quantum origin of consciousness
microtubule stability has been reported during anthracene general anesthesia of tadpoles. The study, called "Direct Modulation of Microtubule Stability Contributes
Orchestrated objective reduction
Orchestrated_objective_reduction
1983 video game
label. The game is set in a pond with the player taking the role of a tadpole. The aim of the game is to build up a colony of frogs while avoiding the
Savage_Pond
Evolution of fish
themselves are grouped as Labyrinthodontia. They retained aquatic, fry-like tadpoles, a system still seen in modern amphibians. From the 1950s to the early
Timeline_of_fish_evolution
Cold War-era aircraft command guidance system
launched during the Operation Argus nuclear tests. In addition to the Tadpole radar stations of the Korean War, a downrange AN/MSQ-1 for the Atlantic
AN/MSQ-1
1984 experimental aircraft family by Grumman
system was made up of three redundant digital computers backed up by three redundant analog computers; any of the three could fly it on its own, but
Grumman_X-29
Fictional characters
Marlow Barkley, Ella Allan, and Mia Allan in Season 2) – Maddie's younger tadpole siblings and Mr. Flour's younger daughters. They love their older sister
List_of_Amphibia_characters
2004 American film
low-budget films shot on digital video such as Personal Velocity (2002), Tadpole (2002) and Pieces of April (2003). Greg Harrison's debut film Groove had
November_(2004_film)
finds Bill taking pictures in the lagoon. Bill has caught not fish, but tadpoles and he asks George to look after them as they grow up because "they do
List of Curious George episodes
List_of_Curious_George_episodes
American oblique wing UAV project
for a human being. The plane was to be fully controlled by an onboard computer controlling flight parameters. Following Phase I the aircraft concept was
Northrop_Grumman_Switchblade
American astronaut, doctor and engineer (born 1956)
to induce female frogs to ovulate, fertilize the eggs, and then see how tadpoles developed in zero gravity. Jemison resigned from NASA in March 1993 to
Mae_Jemison
Animation from China and Taiwan
ink-wash painting, several films were produced in this style, starting with Tadpoles Searching for Mother (1960). However, the technique was time-consuming
Chinese_animation
American singer (born 1969)
played timpani in jazz bands. Her father conducted symphonies and created computer programs, teaching music to children. Her mother was a secretary who became
Theo_Kogan
but is vulnerable to others like the mechanical "Buzzes". Lightfish - A tadpole-like fish that originated in DK64. It has a light that shines when the
List of Donkey Kong characters
List_of_Donkey_Kong_characters
(2011) Tadakha (2013) Tadap (2021) Tadka (2021) Tadoussac (2017) Tadpole (2002) Tadpole and the Whale (1988) Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) Taffy
List_of_films:_T
Chemicals that can interfere with endocrine or hormonal systems
receptor) and via the use of in animal models, such as development of tadpoles and uterine growth in prepubertal rodents. Full-scale testing will examine
Endocrine_disruptor
2001 Canadian-American animated children's television series
hasn't told his family his best friend is an alligator. After eating fried tadpole buttocks, Aldo also gets a case of the giccups (gator hiccups), so Bill
Sitting_Ducks_(TV_series)
Stars SNES The rightful prince of Nimbus Land who has been turned into a tadpole. Bowser Jr. Super Mario Sunshine GameCube He is the son and heir of the
List_of_fictional_princes
2017 (WW) Nintendo Switch 20181220181213December 13, 2018 (JP) HomeSteam Tadpole Treble BitFinity WIN, LIN, OSX, NS August 2, 2016 Home Taiko no Tatsujin
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TADPOLE COMPUTER
TADPOLE COMPUTER
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English
English : derivative of Waple (a variant of Walpole).
Boy/Male
Tamil
Computer
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English
English : habitational name from either of two places in Norfolk and Suffolk. The first element of the former is Old English w(e)all ‘wall’, while the first element of the latter is wealh ‘foreigner’, ‘Briton’ (see Wallace); they share the second element Old English pÅl ‘pool’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Plympton in Devon, named in Old English with pl̄me ‘plum tree’ + tūn ‘settlement’, ‘farmstead’. It may also be a variant of Plumpton, from any of several places so named, which have the same etymology.John Plimpton emigrated from England to MA about 1636, becoming one of the original settlers of Deerfield. His descendants included manufacturers of agricultural implements at Plimptonville in the town of Walpole, near the family farm, and a prominent book publisher.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Computer
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of the places named Harpole, in Kent and Northamptonshire, from Old English horu ‘dirt’ + pÅl ‘pool’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; probably of Norman origin.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of bellows. See Bellow.John Bellows emigrated from England to MA on the Hopewell in 1635. Benjamin Bellows was one of the founders of Walpole, VT, in the mid 18th century.
TADPOLE COMPUTER
TADPOLE COMPUTER
Boy/Male
Muslim
The Biblical Moses is the English language equivalent. A Prophet's name.
Boy/Male
Biblical
His redemption; ox-yoke.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, French, German, Irish, Latin
Trust; Belief; Fairy; Confidence; Raven; Elf
Boy/Male
Indian, Modern, Tamil
Remembering
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Early Student of Hadith; Wife of Masrooq
Boy/Male
Australian, French, German
Glorious Day
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit, Traditional
Appearance; Face; Countenance
Girl/Female
German, Greek, Latin
God Given; Gift of God; Female Version of Theodore
Boy/Male
American, British, Celebrity, Christian, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Jamaican, Japanese, Swedish, Swiss, Tamil
Born of the Right Hand; Meadow with Coarse Grass; Son of the South; Benjamin; Freedom; Power
Biblical
destroying
TADPOLE COMPUTER
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n.
The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple.
n.
A European fish (Raniceps raninus), having a large flat head; -- also called tadpole fish, and lesser forked beard.
n.
A tall pole erected in an open place and wreathed with flowers, about which the rustic May-day sports were had.
n.
A computer.
n.
A pole, especially a Maypole.
n.
Same as Redpoll.
n.
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.
n.
One who computes.
a.
A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.
n.
A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. (c) A Maypole. See Maypole. (d) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a sign by barbers and hairdressers. (e) A pole on which climbing beans, hops, or other vines, are trained.
n.
A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvae of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix.
n.
A South American striped frog (Pseudis paradoxa), remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult, and hence called also paradoxical frog.
n.
A change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into final and sexually developed forms, from the union of which organisms are produced which pass through the same cycle of changes. See Transformation.
n.
The hooded merganser.
n.
The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.
n.
A tadpole; -- called also purwiggy and porwigle.
v. t.
To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water.