Editing Tadpole (section)

==Etymology==
The name ''tadpole'' is from [[Middle English]] ''{{lang|enm|taddepol}}'', made up of the elements ''{{lang|enm|tadde}}'', '[[toad]]', and ''{{lang|enm|pol}}'', '[[head]]' (modern English ''[[poll (livestock)|poll]]''). Similarly, ''pollywog'' / ''polliwog'' is from Middle English ''{{lang|enm|polwygle}}'', made up of the same ''{{lang|enm|pol}}'', 'head', and ''{{lang|enm|wiglen}}'', 'to wiggle'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/05/tadpole-pollywog.html |title=The Grammarphobia Blog: On tadpoles and pollywogs |date=2012-05-01 |access-date=2016-08-08 |quote=The word is a compound of the Middle English tade or tadde (toad) and, apparently, the noun "poll" (head or roundhead), Oxford says. [...] Its earliest appearance in writing—spelled "polwygle"—is from 1440, the OED says. That very odd-looking word was originally derived, Oxford says, from "poll" plus "wiggle". |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822012247/http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/05/tadpole-pollywog.html |archive-date=2016-08-22 }}</ref>

[[File:Tadpoles - kanagawa Japan - 2023 April 16.webm|thumb|Tadpoles swimming in a pond in [[Japan]], 2023]]