1. A larval frog or toad
   "The children watched the polliwogs swimming in the pond";
   - tadpole, pollywog [N. Amer]
    
2. [N. Amer, informal] (nautical slang) a sailor who has not yet crossed the equator
   "The polliwogs underwent the traditional ceremony when crossing the equator for the first time"

Derived forms: polliwogs

Type of: larva

Part of: amphibia, class Amphibia

Encyclopedia: Polliwog