frogpole — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A young frog in the stage of development after tadpole and before froglet.

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   Tadpoles and frogs were my next fancy; the intermediate stage known in the family as "frogpole" pleased me most.

   Since it could not feed because its digestive tract was incompletely transformed, its life as a “frogpole" lasted only a few weeks.

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   They determined different visual pigments in three developmental stages: in the tadpole (no matter whether legless or with hindlegs and almost fully developed forelegs), in the frogpole (the stage of almost completed metamorphosis), and finally in the adult frog (Section V,B,3,a).

   As they undergo the transformation of metamorphosis from tadpole to adult, there comes an awkward juvenile stage that for frogs has been called “froglet” or “toadlet”, and even “frogiwog” or “frogpole." First the rear legs appear, then the front limbs. The tail and gills are absorbed for food and lungs develop; now the tadpole surfaces for air.

   We followed tadpole development from tadpole - frogpole - froglet - frog over a period of eight weeks.

   Frogpole At about ten weeks, the tadpole has grown front legs. Its tail is getting shorter, and it's starting to look like a frog.

   I call them the toadpole and the frogpole. Now the only way to distinguish between the two is that the toadpole tends to turn into a toad, whereas the frogpole will tend to turn into a frog.

   My gills have closed up. Now I swim up to the surface for each breath of air. I am growing bigger and bigger. We all feed on tiny underwater plants. "Frogpole" I am nine weeks old.

   “He's only got on frog leg, and who knows what stage he'll be in for the competition next week. Will he be a one-legged tadpole? Or a three-legged frog? Or in the middle, a two-legged frogpole?” “Actually, there's no such thing as a frogpole,” Robert chimed in. “In science circles, we know that once the front arms pop out, the amphibian becomes known as a froglet.”

   […] animals have fully developed all four limbs but still have a tail, “frogpole" red rods containing pigment mixtures (λₘₐₓ 515 nm) are found (spectra nearly identical to trout).