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tadpolehood

noun

Etymology

From tadpole + -hood.

  1. inherited from tadpolle
  2. suffixed as tadpolehood — “tadpole + hood”

Definitions

  1. The state or period of being a tadpole.

    • Whereas Mrs. Surinam Toad's little fellows have to spend all their tadpolehood in their mamma's dark little pockets, with no freedom and no society; […]
    • A permanent resident of the pond, he took three years of tadpolehood to grow to his present six-inch length.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA