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Tadpoles

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006245

The aquatic larval stage of frogs and toads, which hatch from eggs laid in the water. Young tadpoles resemble fish with gills and later develop lungs, legs and lose their tals as they become adults.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006245
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoLarvae; Froglets; Anura; Amphibians; Frogs; Toads
TranslationsSpanish: renacuajos
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006245",
  "term": "Tadpoles",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The aquatic larval stage of frogs and toads, which hatch from eggs laid in the water. Young tadpoles resemble fish with gills and later develop lungs, legs and lose their tals as they become adults.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "larvae",
    "froglets",
    "Anura",
    "amphibians",
    "frogs",
    "toads"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "renacuajos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/tadpoles/"
}

Record 6,149 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.