tadpole
/ˈtædpəʊl/noun
उच्चारण टैड्पोल
बेंगची, मेंढक का बच्चा
Core wordPYP · asked 1 time
Asked in previous papers
as one-word substitution
- 1
[C]
a small creature with a large head and a small tail, that lives in water and is the young form of a frog or toad
बेंगची, मेंढक का बच्चा
- Tadpoles turn into frogs.
- Children watched the tadpoles wriggle in the pond.
- A tadpole has a tail but no legs at first.
+ 2 more examples
- We caught tadpoles in a jar near the pond.
- The tadpole slowly grew legs and became a frog.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
tadpole (countable noun)
A tadpole is the young form of a frog or toad that lives in water. It is a countable noun: a tadpole, tadpoles.
'Tadpole' मेंढक या टोड का वह बच्चा है जो पानी में रहता है। यह countable noun है: a tadpole, tadpoles।
- We found tadpoles in the village pond.
- A tadpole has a tail and no legs at first.
tadpole turns / grows into a frog
Use turn into or grow into for the change from tadpole to frog.
Tadpole से मेंढक बनने के परिवर्तन के लिए 'turn into' या 'grow into' आता है।
- The tadpoles slowly turned into frogs.
- A tadpole grows into a frog in a few weeks.
tadpole in / of a pond
We say tadpoles in a pond or a stream. Use of for the stage: a tadpole of a toad.
हम 'tadpoles in a pond' या 'in a stream' कहते हैं। प्रजाति के लिए 'of' आता है: a tadpole of a toad।
- Radhika watched tadpoles in the pond near her school.
tadpole + noun / stage
As a noun adjunct or in science, tadpole describes the stage of life: tadpole stage.
Noun adjunct के रूप में या विज्ञान में 'tadpole' जीवन की अवस्था बताता है: tadpole stage।
- The tadpole stage lasts for several weeks.
tadpole vs. larva / frog
A tadpole is the larva of a frog or toad. A frog is the adult, and larva is the general science word for such a young stage.
'Tadpole' मेंढक या टोड की लार्वा अवस्था है। 'Frog' वयस्क है और 'larva' ऐसी अवस्था का सामान्य वैज्ञानिक शब्द।
- The caterpillar is the larva of a butterfly.
- The tadpole becomes a frog.
+Collocations 5
adjective + tadpole
tinyblackyoungwrigglinggrowingfrog
- Tiny black tadpoles swam in the pond.
verb + tadpole
catchwatchfindfeedreleaseobserve
- The children caught tadpoles in a jar.
tadpole + verb
swimswriggleshatchesdevelopsfeedsgrows
- The tadpole wriggles in the water.
tadpole + noun
stagetailpondlife cycleeggs
- The tail of a tadpole disappears as it becomes a frog.
tadpole + preposition
in the pondin the streamin a jaramong the weedsat the edge
- Tadpoles hide among the weeds.
“More examples 6
- The teacher showed the class a jar of tadpoles.
अध्यापक ने कक्षा को टैडपोलों से भरा जार दिखाया।
- Radhika drew the life cycle of a frog from egg to tadpole to adult.
राधिका ने मेंढक का जीवन-चक्र अंडे से टैडपोल और फिर वयस्क तक बनाया।
- After the first monsoon rain, the puddles were full of tadpoles.
पहली मानसूनी बारिश के बाद गड्ढे टैडपोलों से भरे थे।
- Tadpoles breathe with gills but frogs breathe with lungs.
टैडपोल गलफड़ों से साँस लेते हैं पर मेंढक फेफड़ों से।
- The tadpole's tail shrinks as its legs grow.
पैर निकलने के साथ टैडपोल की पूँछ छोटी होती जाती है।
- Frogs lay hundreds of eggs, but only a few tadpoles survive.
मेंढक सैकड़ों अंडे देते हैं, पर केवल कुछ ही टैडपोल बच पाते हैं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Tadpole and larva name young stages of animals.
Tadpole और larva पशुओं की किशोर अवस्थाओं के नाम हैं।
The young water-living stage of a frog or toad.
मेंढक या टोड की पानी में रहने वाली किशोर अवस्था।
- The tadpole has a tail.
The general word for a young insect or similar animal.
कीट या उसके जैसे पशु की किशोर अवस्था का सामान्य शब्द।
- The larva spins a cocoon.
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often (young animals): the young of a frog is a tadpole; of a butterfly a caterpillar (larva); of a swan a cygnet; of a goose a gosling; of a deer a fawn; of a kangaroo a joey.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है (जानवरों के बच्चे): मेंढक का बच्चा tadpole; तितली का caterpillar (लार्वा, इल्ली); हंस का cygnet; हंसिनी का gosling; हिरण का fawn; कंगारू का joey।
General knowledge
Science: the change from tadpole to frog is called metamorphosis, controlled by the thyroid hormone thyroxine; frogs are amphibians (they live on land and in water).
विज्ञान में बेंगची से मेंढक बनने का परिवर्तन metamorphosis (कायांतरण) कहलाता है, जो thyroid हॉर्मोन thyroxine नियंत्रित करता है; मेंढक उभयचर हैं (थल और जल दोनों में रहते हैं)।