"polliwog" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1897, L. Frank Baum, “The Story of Tommy Tucker”, in Mother Goose in Prose",
          "text": "So Tommy sang the following verse: “The cold got worse, The frog got hoarse, Till croaking he scared a polliwog!”",
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        "A tadpole."
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        "(US, dialectal) A tadpole."
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          "word": "pollywog"
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        {
          "word": "polliwig"
        },
        {
          "word": "polliwiggle"
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        {
          "word": "pollywig"
        },
        {
          "word": "polwig"
        },
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          "word": "porriwiggle"
        },
        {
          "word": "purwiggy"
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          "word": "porwigle"
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          "word": "porwiggle"
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      "word": "pollywog"
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    {
      "word": "polliwig"
    },
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      "word": "polliwiggle"
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    {
      "word": "pollywig"
    },
    {
      "word": "polwig"
    },
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